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Object Type
Museum number: K.2252
Title: Series: Library of Ashurbanipal
Description: Fragment of a clay tablet. Mythological legend. Colophon. eleventh tablet of the series. Neo-Assyrian. Gilgamesh tablet 11, the story of the Flood.
Cultures/periods
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Kouyunjik
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 7.93 centimetres; Thickness: 2.54 centimetres; Width: 6.35 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Part of K. 2602, K. 3321, K. 4486, and Sm. 1881.; For translations, see G. Smith, ‘Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology’, Vol. III, pp. 530 ff.; and in S. Birch (ed.), 'Records of the Past : being English translations of the Assyrian and Monuments' VII. London: Bagster, pp. 133 ff.; Talbot, ibid., Vol. IV, pp. 49 ff., 129 ff.; Oppert in Ledrain, E., 1879. ‘Histoire d'Israël’ Vol. I. Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, pp. 422 ff., and Oppert, J., 1885. ‘Le poème chaldéen du Déluge, traduit de l'Assyrien’. Paris; Lenormant, F., ‘Les origines de l’histoire d’après la Bible et les traditions des peuples orientaux’ appendice V. Paris : Maisonneuve & cie, pp. 601 ff.; Haupt, P., 1881. ‘Der keilinschriftliche sintfluthbericht : eine episode des babylonischen Nimrodepos’. Leipzig : J. C. Hinrichs; in Schrader, E., 1883. ‘Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament II: (2nd ed.), pp. 55 ff., 492 ff.; in Seuss, E., 1883. ‘Die Sintfluth : ene geologische Studie’. Prag : F. Tempsky; in 'Old Testament Student', Chicago, 1883, pp. 77 ff.; Schrader, E., 1885. ‘The cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament. Translated from the second enlarged German edition, with an introductory preface, by Rev. Owen C. Whitehouse’ Vol. I. London : Williams and Norgate, pp. 56 ff.; and Jensen, P.C.A., 1890. ‘Die Kosmologie der Babylonier : Studien u. Materialien’. Strassburg : Trübner, pp. 367 ff. See also 'The Expos.', 1888, p. 236 f.; Meissner, 'Zeitschrift für Assyriologie', 1888, pp. 417 ff.; Haupt, 'American Journal of Theology & Philosophy' Vol. IX, pp. 419 ff., and especially p. 420, n. 2; 'Beiträge zur Assyriologie', Vol. I (Leipz., 1889), pp. 120 ff., 320 f.; and 'Guide Kouyunjik Gallery' 1885, pp. 148 ff., No. 25. For duplicates see KK. 3375, 7752, 8517, 8518, 8593, 8594, 8595; Sm. 2196; D.T. 42; Rm. 616; Rm. 2, 383, 390; 81, 2-4, 296; 82, 5-22, 316. Cf. also Sp. II, 960.
Bibliographic references: George 2003a / The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: introduction, critical edition and cuneiform texts (plates 118-123) (copy); Bezold 1891a / Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum (p.426); Rawlinson & Pinches 1891a / The cuneiform inscriptions of Western Asia, IV (50 f) (and in 2nd ed.); Delitzsch 1878 / Assyrische Lesestücke: nach den originalen Theils revidirt Theils zum ersten Male / herausgegeben (pp.84 ff) (partly); Menant 1880 / Manuel de la langue assyrienne (pp.373 ff) (partly); Delitzsch 1887-1888 / Assyrisches Wörterbuch zur gesamten bisher veröffentlichten Keilschriftliteratur unter Berücksichtigung zahlreicher unveröffentlichter Texte (2 vols.) (pp.99 ff); Lyon 1886 / An Assyrian manual for the beginners in the study of the Assyrian language (pp.57 ff) (partly); Smith 1872 / Chaldæan account of the Deluge, from terracotta tablets found at Nineveh, and now in The British Museum; CDLI / Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (P273204) (http://cdli.ucla.edu/P273204)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2018-2019 8 Nov-24 Feb, London, BM, I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria 1999 21 May-28 May, London, Brunei Gallery, The Epic of Gilgamesh 1996 17 Jan-31 Dec, Israel, Jerusalem, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem : A Capital for all Times. Royal Cities of the Biblical World
Associated names
Department: Middle East
Registration number: K.2252
Joined objects: Joined Tablet Group: G11571 (5 objects)

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