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Object Type
Museum number: 91144
Description: Copper alloy foundation figure of a man with tapering shirt, his arms supporting a basket on his head, his lower limbs tapering to a point. Inscription of 35 lines in 2 columns - dedication of temple of Inanna of Zabalam by Warad-Sin.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1834BC-1823BC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Tello (?); Found/Acquired: Zabalam (?)
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 27.90 centimetres; Width: 9.70 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: King, CT 21 / Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum: Plates (31, 32); Budge 1922a / A guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities. (p.86 (illus), 87); van Buren E D 1931a / Foundation figurines and offerings (pl. XIII, fig. 25); Saggs 1995a / Babylonians (p.96, fig.55); Frayne, RIME 4 / Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC) (RIM.E.4.2.13.12.1)
Location: On display (G56/dc22)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: Babylonian Room, table-case C
Associated names: Named in inscription: Inanna of Zabalam; Named in inscription: Warad-Sin; Named in inscription: Kudur-Mabuk of Emutbal
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1890
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 91144
Registration number: 1890,0510.1

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