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stela
Object Type
stela
Museum number
93029
Description
Fragment of stele; hard black stone; face engraved with part of ruled 10 line cuneiform dedication to Enlil by Hammurabi; surface polished; later fragmented.
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Production date
1792 BC-1750 BC
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Karl-Anton Bellino
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kish
, Ukhaimir
Materials
stone
Technique
carved
engraved
polished
Dimensions
Height:
9.80 centimetres
Thickness:
9.80 centimetres
Width:
4.90 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The stone was imported into Mesopotamia, either from modern Oman or south-east Iran/Baluchistan.
Bibliographic references
Ker Porter R 1821/22a / Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia etc etc during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820
(vol.II, p.395, pl. 77(h))
King, LIH I / The letters and inscriptions of Hammurabi, king of Babylon, vol. I
(no. 67 & p.197)
Guide 1922 / Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum
(p.87)
Location
On display
(G1/wp72/sh5)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: Enlightenment gallery, from Nov 2003 Exhibition: 'Layard and his Successors. Assyrian Explorations and Discovery in the XIXth century', Assyrian Basement 1 Jul-31 Aug 1963.
Condition
Incomplete; inscription previously highlighted in white.
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Hammurapi
Named in inscription:
Enlil
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mary Rich
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Claudius James Rich
Acquisition date
1825
Acquisition notes
Ker Porter notes Bellino's discovery of the item at Kish (Al Hymer). Subsequently registered in error in the N (Nimrud) collection.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
93029
Registration number
1825,0503.101
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
N.1667
(previous registration number)
Miscellaneous number:
R.101
Conservation
Treatment
: 14.08.1986