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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
82978
Description
Babylonian clay tablet; recipes for dyeing cloth
Cultures/periods
Late Babylonian
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sippar
Materials
clay
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Leichty E et al 1988a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, volume VIII: Tablets from Sippar 3
(p 327)
Daniels et al 2014 / Technological insights into madder pigment production in antiquity
(p.13)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition date
1883
Acquisition notes
For comment on this collection see "Catalogue of Babylonian Tablets" VI xxxiv. Register states "all presumably Rassam's work in Babylonia, 1879-82, which were assigned long BM numbers but no date numbers during the years of Budge's keepership".
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
82978
Registration number
1883,0121.141
Joined objects
Joined Tablet Group:
G14128
(2 objects)