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Object Type: statue
Museum number: 60036
Description: Stone shoulder fragment of statue with inscribed dedication; carved.
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Abu Habba (Sippar)
Materials: stone
Technique: carved
Dimensions: Height: 9.50 centimetres; Width: 5.51 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Delougaz P & Lloyd S 1942a / Pre-Sargonic Temples in the Diyala (p.297); Braun-Holzinger 1977a / Frühdynastiche Beterstatuetten (74, 84); Walker CBF & Collon 1980a / Hormuzd Rassam's excavations for the British Museum at Sippar in 1881-1882 (p.97); Leichty E 1986a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum: Volume VI: Tablets from Sippar, I (p.299); Reade 2000b / Early Dynastic statues in the British Museum (p.83)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1882
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 60036
Registration number: 1882,0714.4448

Free entry