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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
K.4145.a
Title
Series:
Library of Ashurbanipal
Description
Fragment of a clay tablet, 8 lines of inscription. 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:
5.08 centimetres
Thickness:
1.27 centimetres
Width:
4.44 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Bezold 1891a / Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Ashurbanipal
Department
Middle East
Registration number
K.4145.a