tablet

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Object Type
Museum number: 90981
Description: Rectangular, limestone or alabaster foundation tablet: with cuneiform inscription with twenty-four lines on each side and two lines on one edge.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Temple of Mamu
Materials: limestone (?); alabaster (?)
Dimensions: Height: 12 inches; Width: 8 inches
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
Curator's comments: In set with Rm.1081 (BM.135121) In set with Rm.1082 (BM.90980).
Bibliographic references: Budge 1914 / Assyrian Sculptures in the British Museum, Reign of Ashur-nasir-pal, 885-890 B.C (pl. IX.2); Grayson, RIMA 2 / Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, I (1114-859 BC) (RIM.A.0.101.50.2)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Good / fair.
Associated names
Acquisition date: 1878
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 90981
Registration number: Rm.1083
Additional IDs: Other BM number: 12114 (previous big number)

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