Tablet
| Object Number: | CBS7847 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Iraq Nippur |
| Period: | Old Babylonian Period |
| Date Made: | 1900-1600 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1900 |
| Late Date: | -1600 |
| Section: | Babylonian |
| Materials: | Clay |
| Inscription Language: | Sumerian Language |
| Length: | 20.5 cm |
| Width: | 13.5 cm |
| Depth: | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number: | P262837 - CDLI Number B7847 - Old Museum Number CBS 07847 + UM 29-15-422 - Other Number 29-15-422 - Associated Object Number |
Description
Nearly complete, large, two columns, mole borwn. Hymn to Ishtar. Landgon PBX X-3
Literary text. Inanna B ('Decad no. 04'). (ETCSL 4.07.02, CDLI Composite: Q000623). Ninmesharra; the exaltation of Inanna; (Obverse)(i)44x(ii)46x(Reverse)(iii)44x(iv)29x(UE)2 lines. See CDLI for line art (hand drawing of inscription). Joins with 29-15-422.
Exhibited in the Middle East Galleries as number B7847.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Archaeologists and Travelers in Ottoman Lands (26 Sep 2010 - 26 Jul 2011) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Sex: A History in 30 Objects (17 Oct 2015 - 31 Jul 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Web Site] Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. CDLI Archival view of P262837.. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Ousterhout, Robert G., and Holod, Renata. 2011. Osman Hamdi Bey & the Americans / Osman Hamdi Bey ve Amerikalilar.. Istanbul. : Page/Fig./Plate: 372 | View Objects related to this |
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