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Museum number
91082
Description
Marble or alabaster building inscription, complete.
Authority
Ruler:
Sin-gamil
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sippar
(?)
Materials
marble
(?)
alabaster
(?)
Dimensions
Length:
6.66 centimetres
Width:
9.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Leichty E 1986a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum: Volume VI: Tablets from Sippar, I
(p.211)
De Meyer L 1980a / Tell ed-Dēr III
(no.67, p.103)
King, CT 21 / Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum: Plates
(17)
King 1910a / A history of Sumer and Akkad
(pl. facing p.288)
Sollberger E & Kupper J R 1971a / Inscriptions royales sumériennes et akkadiennes
(IVD3b)
Frayne, RIME 4 / Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC)
(RIM.E.4.4.3.2001)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Nergal
Named in inscription:
Sin-gamil
Named in inscription:
Anam
Acquisition date
1882
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
91082
Registration number
1882,0714.981
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BM.12225