Object Number | CBS16106 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Period | Neo-Babylonian Period |
Date Made | 556-539BCE |
Section | Babylonian |
Materials | Terracotta |
Description | Terracotta "Squeeze". King Nabonidus took an impression or squeeze from a stone original of the King Shar-kali-sharri.Nabonidus then wrote his own account of finding it on the back. CBS Register: baked clay tablet of shape (sketch). sixth century BC. obverse: impress of inscription of Sargon I. Rev: Label of Neo-bbyl scribe "Nabu-..." (CDLI Composite: Q005261). |
Length | 4.19 cm |
Width | 6.2 cm |
Thickness | 1.22 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of John H. Haynes, Babylonian Expedition III, 1896 |
Other Number | P227533 - CDLI Number | B16106 - Old Museum Number | CBS 16106 - Other Number |
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