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jar
(?)
;
alabastron
(?)
Object Type
jar
(?)
alabastron
(?)
Museum number
91455,c
Description
Part of body of a translucent white and yellow-brown calcite jar or alabastron with banding cut horizontally: an Egyptian vessel with part of an engraved trilingual cuneiform inscription in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian; exterior polished.
Authority
Ruler:
Xerxes I
Cultures/periods
Achaemenid
Production date
485BC-465BC
Production place
Made in:
Egypt
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
William Kennett Loftus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Susa
, Found in the northern part of the citadel mound.
Materials
calcite
Technique
engraved
polished
cut
Dimensions
Height:
7.40 centimetres
(?)
Height:
9.70 centimetres
(on polished stone base)
Height:
6.60 centimetres
Thickness:
2.90 centimetres
(on polished stone base)
Thickness:
1.20 centimetres
Width:
4.60 centimetres
(on polished stone base)
Width:
4.30 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
royal
Bibliographic references
Searight, Reade & Finkel 2008a / Assyrian Stone Vessels and related material in the British Museum
(275, p.34, fig.17)
Guide 1900a / A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities
(p.100)
Curtis & Tallis 2005 / Forgotten Empire: The world of Ancient Persia
(cat. 144, p. 129)
Curtis 1993a / William Kennett Loftus and his excavations at Susa
(E.81, p.27, pls.11b (upper right) and 19a)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2006 7 Mar-11 Jun, Barcelona, Fundacion La Caixa, 'L'imperi Oblidat' 2005-2006 Sept-Jan, London, BM, 'Forgotten Empire' 1995-2005, 17 Nov-Dec, BM, G52/IRAN/8, no.8 Persian Room, wall-case [WC] 15, top shelf Babylonian & Assyrian Room, wall-cases 28-29 (1900 Guide)
Condition
Fair; incomplete; part of body only.
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Xerxes I
Acquisition date
1853
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
91455,c
Registration number
1853,1219.9