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32-22-5

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number 32-22-5
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq
Locus Assur
Period Neo-Assyrian Period
Date Made ca. 681 BCE
Section Babylonian
Materials Terracotta
Inscription Language Akkadian Language
Description

Half prism of Esarhaddon. Light red terracotta. (CDLI Composite: Q003286). Royal inscription; annals; other half in Jena. See CDLI for transliteration info. Joins with VA 08411 and VA 10130 from the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, Germany.

Height 2.13 cm
Outside Diameter 1.1 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1932
Other Number P257223 - CDLI Number | Ass 12260 - Field Number | VA 08411 + VA 10130 (+) UM 32-22-005 - Other Number

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