tablet
- Museum number
- 78943
- Description
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Clay tablet; top half; the Babylonian story of the flood. This tablet is one of an original set of three which contained the story of Atrahasis, hero of the Babylonian flood story.
- Regnal date
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12
- Production date
- 1635BC
- Dimensions
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Length: 14.60 centimetres
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Length: 5 inches
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Width: 12.70 centimetres
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Width: 5.75 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- On display (G56/dc22)
- Condition
- Incomplete; top half only.
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Acquisition notes
- This collection was acquired as a result of Budge's third mission to Mesopotamia in 1889. For bibliographic references relating to the acquisition of this collection, see p.xviii-xix of index in Leichty catalogue.
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 78943
- Registration number
- 1889,0426.236
- Joined objects
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Joined Tablet Group: G14326 (2 objects)
