tablet
- Museum number
- K.44
- Title
- Series: Library of Ashurbanipal
- Description
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Lower part of a clay tablet, bilingual, incantations with interlinear explanations, horizontal lines and holes, Neo-Assyrian.
- Dimensions
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Height: 13 centimetres (incomplete)
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Thickness: 3.50 centimetres (complete)
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Width: 10.20 centimetres (complete)
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- Curator's comments
- Cf. the transliteration by Halévy, J., 1882. ‘Documents religieux de l’Assyrie et de la Babylonie. Texte assyrien en caractères hébreux’. Paris : Maisonneuve, p. (76) ff., and the translations by Oppert, J., in ‘Bibliothèque orientale’ t. II; by G. SMITH, 'North Brit. Rev.', 1870; by Lenormant, F., 1874. ‘La magie chez les Chaldéens et les origines accadiennes’. Paris : Maisonneuve, p. 168 ff.; Lenormant, F., 1873. ‘Études accadiennes’ vol. II. Paris : Maisonneuve, pp. 93 ff., 125 ff; III, pp. 33 ff, 43 f., 236 f.; by Talbot, In S. Birch (ed.), 1874. 'Records of the Past : being English translations of the Assyrian and Monuments' III. London: Bagster, p. 137 f.; by Delitzsch, in G. Smith (ed.), 1876. ‘Chaldäische Genesis. Nebst Erläuterungen und fortgesetzten Forschungen von Friedr’, p. 271; by Budge, ‘Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology’, VI, p. 420 ff. (repeated in S. Birch (ed.), 1878. 'Records of the Past : being English translations of the Assyrian and Monuments' XI. London: Bagster, p. 133 ff.); by Haupt, 'Akk. Spr.', p. 21 ff.; and by Sayce, A.H. 1887. Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by the religion of the ancient Babylonians. ‘Hibbert Lectures’. London : Williams and Norgate, p. 477 ff. Cf. also Bezold, 'Zeitschrift für Assyriologie' (1885), p. 68; (1887), p. 459, and n. 2; and Delitzsch, F., 1887-1888. Assyrisches Wörterbuch zur gesamten bisher veröffentlichten Keilschriftliteratur’ (2 parts). Leipzig : J. C. Hinrichs, pp. 13, 14, 31. Part of duplicate see sub K. 4077 and K.15218.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- K.44