Tablet with Cuneiform Writing
669-626 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)
limestone
(Ancient Near East )
(Ancient Near East )
In four pieces, the inscription features the name of Assurbanipal.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
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.
Geographies
Iraq (Nineveh) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 21 5/8 x W: 20 1/16 in. (55 x 51 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
41.163