boss

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Object Type: boss
Museum number: 123461
Title: Series: Library of Ashurbanipal
Description: Part of a clay boss, Tukulti-Ninurta II, 4 lines of inscription, Neo-Assyrian.
Authority: Ruler: Tukulti-Ninurta II; Ruler: Ashurnasirpal II
Cultures/periods: Neo-Assyrian
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Reginald Campbell Thompson; Excavated by: Robin W Hamilton
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Kouyunjik
Materials: clay
Dimensions: Height: 7 centimetres; Length: 6.70 centimetres; Width: 9.40 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.98,E; pl.lxxvii, no.174); Grayson, RIMA 2 / Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, I (1114-859 BC) (RIM.A.0.100.13.1)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Named in inscription: Tukulti-Ninurta II; Associated with: Ashurbanipal
Acquisition date: 1930-1931
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 123461
Registration number: 1932,1210.404

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