Confirmation_by_Shamash-shum-ukim_of_a_grant_originally_made_by_Ashur-nadin-shumi._670-650_BCE,_from_Babylonia,_Iraq._The_tablet_is_currently_housed_in_the_British_Museum.jpg
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Confirmation by Shamash-shum-ukim of a grant originally made by Ashur-nadin-shumi. The clay tablet depicts the Babylonian king fighting an oryx antelope. There is a royal seal; this seal is not an original one but a hand-modeled copy. 670-650 BCE, from Babylonia, modern-day Iraq. The tablet is currently held in the British Museum, London.
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| Author | Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) |
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