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boss
Object Type
boss
Museum number
K.14921
Description
Portion of inscribed fired clay boss, inscription of Shalmaneser I. Middle Assyrian.
Authority
Ruler:
Shalmaneser I
Cultures/periods
Middle Assyrian
Production date
13thC BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Leonard William King
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kouyunjik
Materials
fired clay
Dimensions
Length:
6.35 centimetres
Width:
3.49 centimetres
$Inscriptions
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.0.77.17.20)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Shalmaneser I
Department
Middle East
Registration number
K.14921