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jar
Object Type
jar
Museum number
SM.2378
Description
Part of body of a calcite/dolomite jar with banding cut vertically; an inscription mentioning Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal or a later king; scratches underneath the inscription suggest a deletion.
Production date
8thC BC-7thC BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
George Smith
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kouyunjik
Materials
calcite
dolomite
Technique
cut
Dimensions
Height:
3.40 centimetres
(extant)
Length:
5.08 centimetres
(?)
Thickness:
1.58 centimetres
Width:
2.54 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Searight, Reade & Finkel 2008a / Assyrian Stone Vessels and related material in the British Museum
(81, p.25, fig.12)
Bezold 1896a / Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; incomplete; part of body only; scratches underneath the inscription suggest a deletion.
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Sennacherib
(?)
Named in inscription:
Ashurbanipal
(?)
Department
Middle East
Registration number
SM.2378