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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

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