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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
56986
Description
Clay tablet, complete, letter, two seals, Late Babylonian.
Authority
Ruler:
Darius I
Regnal date
8/5/24
Cultures/periods
Achaemenid Dynasty
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sippar (historic)
(?)
Materials
clay
Dimensions
Length:
4.44 centimetres
Width:
3.49 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Leichty E 1986a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum: Volume VI: Tablets from Sippar, I
(p.222)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition date
1882
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
56986
Registration number
1882,0714.1394
Conservation
Treatment
: 07 Feb 2012
Treatment
: 25 Nov 2002
