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boss
Object Type
boss
Museum number
99302
Description
Fragment of a clay boss, 4 lines of inscription, Neo-Assyrian. Part of an inscription of an Assyrian king, recording building operations.
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Leonard William King
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kouyunjik
Materials
clay
Dimensions
Length:
2.85 centimetres
Width:
2.22 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
King 1914a / Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum: Supplement
Location
Not on display
Acquisition date
1904
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
99302
Registration number
1904,1009.334