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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
K.9717
Title
Series:
Library of Ashurbanipal
Description
Fragment of a clay tablet, Assyrian catalogue of legends including "The Epic of Gilgamesh", "The Story of Etana" and "The Tale of the Fox", 13 lines of inscription. Neo-Assyrian.
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
Production date
7thC BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Austen Henry Layard
(et al)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kouyunjik
Materials
clay
Dimensions
Length:
7.62 centimetres
Width:
6.98 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is an Assyrian catalogue of mythological legends and other works. Among those mentioned are the "Story of Gilgamesh", "The Story of Etana" and "The Story of the Fox".
Bibliographic references
Bezold 1893a / Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum
Guide 1922 / Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum
(p.211)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited Room of Writing, case 5 (until Mar 1992)
Associated names
Associated with:
Ashurbanipal
Department
Middle East
Registration number
K.9717
Joined objects
Joined Tablet Group:
G13170
(3 objects)
Conservation
Treatment
: 07 Nov 2005