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Summary
Description |
English:
Treaty c.1480BC for fugitive slaves. Clay cuneiform tablet.
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Date | 15 July 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Source/Photographer | Fæ ( Own work ) |
British Museum reference | 131447 / Registration:1953,0711.2 |
Detailed description | Clay tablet; treaty between Idrimi of Alakakh (now Tell Atchana) and Pillia of Kizzuwatna (now Cilicia); sealed with a stamp seal in the Hittite manner on a raised central area; seal was probably Pillia's but is too faint to be identified; complete, rejoined at centre. |
Size | Length: 12 cm (4.7 in) Width: 6.4 cm (2.5 in) |
Location | Room 54 |
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