Barrel Cylinder

CBS30

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number CBS30
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Middle Babylonian Period
Date Made 1400-1100 BCE
Section Babylonian
Materials Clay
Inscription Language Akkadian Language
Description

barrel cylinder, left half. Akk, literary? 14 lines, five signs on the end; one round face adorned with tar and inscription; the 2 columns are inscripted in an opposite way; MB, literary

CBS Register: two fragments of a barrel cylinder (Solid inside). Neo-Babylonian period or II Dynasty of Isin. One round face adorned with star and (?), the 2 columns are inscribed in .... [page ripped]

Piece is labeled B30A but is not labeled as such in the register. The piece matches the description, there is likely not a B30 out there

Credit Line Purchased from Joseph Shemtob, London; subscription of E. W. Clark, et. al., 1888
Other Number P257595 - CDLI Number | B30 - Old Museum Number | B30b - Old Museum Number | CBS 00030 - Other Number | JS 22 - Dealer's Number

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