boss

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Object Type: boss
Museum number: 122683
Title: Series: Library of Ashurbanipal
Description: Part of an inscribed clay boss, Ashurnasirpal II, 2 lines of inscription, Neo-Assyrian.
Authority: Ruler: Ashurnasirpal II
Cultures/periods: Neo-Assyrian
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Reginald Campbell Thompson
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Kouyunjik
Materials: clay
Dimensions: Length: 2.50 centimetres; Width: 3.70 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Lambert & Millard 1968a / Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum: Second Supplement; Campbell Thompson R & Hamilton R W 1932a / The British Museum excavations on the temple of Ishtar at Nineveh, 1930-31 (p.99,1; pl.lxxi, no.74); Grayson, RIMA 2 / Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, I (1114-859 BC) (RIM.A.0.101.113.9)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Incomplete.
Associated names: Named in inscription: Ashurnasirpal II; Associated with: Ashurbanipal
Acquisition date: 1930
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 122683
Registration number: 1930,0508.116

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