tablet

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Object Type
Museum number: 91076
Description: Foundation tablet; limestone; inscribed; 30ll; 8 double; possibly stained red.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Senkereh (Larsa)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 6.37 inches; Width: 3.13 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Leichty E et al 1988a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, volume VIII: Tablets from Sippar 3 (p.117); King, CT 21 / Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum: Plates (45-6); King, LIH III / The letters and inscriptions of Hammurabi, king of Babylon, vol. III (180ff); Frayne, RIME 4 / Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC) (RIM.E.4.3.6.14 S)
Location: On display (G56/dc24)
Associated names: Named in inscription: Hammurapi; Named in inscription: Shamash
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1885
Acquisition notes: This collection was apparently a selection from a group of 874 tablets first offered in July 1884. details of trustees minutes 18/4/1885, about 800 objects.
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 91076
Registration number: 1885,0430.3
Additional IDs: Other BM number: BM.12219 (previous big number)

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