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plaque
Object Type
plaque
Museum number
99128
Title
Series:
Library of Ashurbanipal
Description
Part of a clay plaque, 2 lines of inscription, Neo-Assyrian. A votive inscription of an Assyrian king, probably Ashur-nasir-pal, described as a descendant (probably grandson) of Ashur-dan. The text also records building operations.
Authority
Ruler:
Tukulti-Ninurta II
Ruler:
Ashur-resh-ishi I
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Leonard William King
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kouyunjik
Materials
clay
Dimensions
Length:
13.33 centimetres
Width:
10.16 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Assur-resa-isi I not Tukulti-Ninurta II acc. to Grayson 1997: NABU 1997/3, p. 79.
Bibliographic references
King 1914a / Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum: Supplement
Grayson, RIMA 1 / Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC)
(RIM.A.0.86.2.16)
Grayson, RIMA 2 / Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, I (1114-859 BC)
(RIM.A.0.100.7)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Ashurbanipal
Acquisition date
1904
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
99128
Registration number
1904,1009.158
Conservation
Treatment
: 27 Mar 2012