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Source Description
In four pieces, the inscription features the name of Assurbanipal.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
36122
label
Tablet with Cuneiform Writing
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
36122
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tablet with Cuneiform Writing
description
In four pieces, the inscription features the name of Assurbanipal.
provenance
Edgar J. Banks, Bagdad [claimed from Nineveh] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
669-626 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stone
tablets
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
55
height
51
dimensionsRaw
H: 21 5/8 x W: 20 1/16 in. (55 x 51 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Translation] To Nabu
exalted lord
who dwells in Ezida
/ which is in Nineve
his lord: (I) Ashurnasirpal
king of Assyria / the one who is longed for and destined by his great divinity
/ who
at the issuing of his order and the giving of his solemn decree / (after) defeating (him) in battle
cut off the head of Teumman
/ king of Elam. And Ummanigash
Tammaritu
/ Pa'e
Ummanaldash
who before Teumman / exercised kingship over Elam
by his great command / he captured them. To my sedan chair
/ my royal conveyance
I yoked them. / with his great help in all the lands
/ I established order. At that time
the court of the Temple of Nabu
/ my lord
with massive limestone
its construction
/ I enlarged. May Nabu look joyfully upon it. / May he find it acceptable in the impression of its wedges. / May the order for a life of long days come forth / from your lips. Walking in Ezida / in your divine presence
may my feed grow old.
med
limestone
creator_ids
7763
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ANE
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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9122fd22470a7906