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BM 123460

Reference

  • BM 123460
  • Museum number: 123460
  • British Museum Collection Online W_1932-1210-403
  • CDLI P422539
  • Acquisition: Excavated by;Excavated by R C Thompson;R W Hamilton in 1930-1931
  • Provenance: Nineveh > Kuyunjik > Temple of Ishtar > QQ

Object

  • boss
  • 6.0 x 5.8cm

Inscription

  • Depositional - historical
  • Neo-Assyrian script
  • Neo-Assyrian (Ashurnasirpal II)

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