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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
78971
Description
Clay tablet; fragment; "Atrahasis III"; Old Babylonian.
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Sippar
(?)
Materials
clay
Dimensions
Length:
3 inches
Width:
4 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.177)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
From:
Sir Ernest A T Wallis Budge
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
78971
Registration number
1889,0426.266
Joined objects
Joined Tablet Group:
G14015
(3 objects)