tomb;
block
- Museum number
- 125205
- Title
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Object: The Shebna Inscription
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Object: The Royal Steward Inscription
- Description
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Three line Hebrew funerary inscription from the entrance of a tomb which may have contained the remains of Shebna, the royal steward of King Hezekiah; carved from limestone; much damaged.
- Production date
- 7thC BC
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The cast is listed as available in the British Museum Facsimile Service 'Catalogue of Replicas from British Museum collections' (n.d.), in the series "West Semitic Inscriptions: Hebrew".
- Location
- On display (G57/od)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1995 22 Nov-1996 29 Feb, Germany, Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg, 'Die Reise nach Jerusalem'
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 125205
- Registration number
- 1871,1107.1
