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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
E29812
Title
Series:
The Amarna Letters
Description
Clay cuneiform tablet; letter from Abi-milku to the king (of Egypt); 71 lines; the writing is clear but very small and is continued on the edges of the tablet; complete.
Cultures/periods
Middle Babylonian
Production date
14thC BC
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Amarna, el-
Materials
clay
Dimensions
Length:
3.25 inches
Width:
2.25 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Knudtzon, J A 1915a / Die El-Amarna Tafeln
(147)
Bezold 1892a / The El-Amarna Tablets in the British Museum
(29)
Pritchard 1950a / Ancient Near Eastern Texts relating to the Old Testament
(page 147)
Oppenheim A L 1967a / Letters from Mesopotamia
(no. 67)
Leichty E et al 1988a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, volume VIII: Tablets from Sippar 3
(p.174)
Sigrist M et al 2006a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, III
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1999 14 Nov-2000 31 Jan, USA, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Pharaohs of the Sun : Akhenaten Nefertiti Tutakhamen
Condition
Good / fair; complete.
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Abi-milku
Acquisition name
From:
Sir Ernest A T Wallis Budge
Acquisition date
1888
Acquisition notes
Purchased by Budge in Egypt.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
E29812
Registration number
1888,1013.51