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Object Type
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Museum number
90863
Description
Fragmentary stone slab carved with royal inscription, written in Urartian cuneiform.
Cultures/periods
Urartian
Production date
700BC
(about)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Emilius Clayton
Excavated by:
Dr G C Raynolds
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Toprakkale
Materials
stone
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Height:
52 centimetres
Thickness:
6.50 centimetres
Width:
59.80 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Guide 1900a / A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities
(p.95)
Location
On display
(G54/dc6/sB)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: Babylonian & Assyrian Room (1900 Guide)
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Menua
Named in inscription:
Ishpuini
Named in inscription:
Haldi
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Urartu
Acquisition date
1880
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
90863
Registration number
1880,1216.47
Conservation
Treatment
: 07.07.1993