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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Mesopotamian; Assyrian
| | Title: | Fragment with cuneiform inscription
| | Date Made: | 9th century BCE
| | Type: | Documentary Artifact
| | Materials: | Limestone
| | Place Made: | Asia; Assyria (Iraq); Nimrud (Kalhu)
| | Measurements: | overall: 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 3/4 in.; 19.685 x 14.605 x 1.905 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 1.A(a).SVII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Augustus Walker (Eliza Harding, Class of 1847)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Four rows of writing. Rectangle with three sides cleanly sawn off and one broken. Fragment of an inscription describing the building of the North West Palace in Kalhu by Ashurnasirpal II, king of Assyria. (from Eckart Frahm via Ben Foster, both at Yale, 2010-09-29 ; see Grayson, Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Assyrian Rulers 101. 35:2-4)
Tags:
ancient; archaeology; missionaries Subjects:
Missionaries; archaeological objects; Civilization, Ancient Link to share this object record:
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