Ishtar_descent_to_the_Underworld_BM_ME_K.162.jpg
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Object
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Unknown artist
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| Description |
English:
Cuneiform tablet with the legend of Ishtar's descent to the Underworld, from the library of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC).
Français :
Tablette décrivant en akkadien la légende de la descente d'Ishtar aux Enfers, de la bibliothèque du roi Asurbanipal (669-631 av.J.C.).
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| Date | 7 th century BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | clay | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | length: 16.8 cm (6.6 in); width: 8.5 cm (3.3 in); thickness: 2.8 cm (1.1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Department of the Middle East, room 55
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| Accession number |
ME K.162
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| Credit line |
excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard. Place:
Nineveh
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| References | British Museum: online database: entry 314743 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Photograph
| Description |
English:
Copy of the Akkadian version of Ishtar's Descent into the Underworld from the Library of Assurbanipal, currently held in the British Museum in London, England
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| Source | Own work |
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© Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / |
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