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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
K.2847
Title
Series:
Library of Ashurbanipal
Description
Fragment of a clay tablet, astronomical, 22 lines of inscription in 3 divisions on obverse, 22 lines in 6 divisions on reverse. Neo-Assyrian.
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Austen Henry Layard
(et al)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kouyunjik
Materials
clay
Dimensions
Length:
10.16 centimetres
Width:
6.98 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Diviner's Manual. Study by Oppenheim in JNES 33 (1974), 197-220.
Bibliographic references
Bezold 1891a / Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum
CDLI / Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative
(P394713)
(http://cdli.ucla.edu/P394713)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Ashurbanipal
Department
Middle East
Registration number
K.2847
Joined objects
Joined Tablet Group:
G13947
(2 objects)
Conservation
Treatment
: 09 Feb 2015