stela
- Museum number
- 90866
- Description
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Stone stela of Shamash-shum-ukin; carved with cuneiform inscription; the front of the stela was defaced, but the hidden inscription on the back remained safe; represents the king as a standing figure with a basket on his head to indicate his symbolic role as a builder.
- Production date
- 668BC-655BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 12 inches
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Length: 6 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This stele is smaller than that of the ruler's brother and overlord Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria (BM 90864); both had probably been mounted together; after Shamash-shuma-ukin had been killed in 648BC after an unsuccessful rebellion this stele was defaced.
Pair with 1880,0617.2 (BM.90865).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2018-2019 8 Nov-24 Feb, London, BM, I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria
2011 28 March-26 June, Abu Dhabi, Manarat Al Saadiyat, 'Splendours of Mesopotamia'
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 90866
- Registration number
- 1880,0617.3
- Additional IDs
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Excavation/small finds number: blw (excavation number)