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Object name(s):
tablet; tablet
Brief description:
Old Babylonian tablet, undated; letter from Marduk-bari and Liwir (?) to Kasbusa (?) which appears to deal with the growing of sesame
Collection:
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Acquisition date:
13.12.1922
Acquisition method:
gift
Associated concept:
GREECE/ROME etc.
Associated concept:
Babylonian
Dimension:
length
Dimension value:
4.3 cm
Dimension:
width
Dimension value:
6.5 cm
Material:
clay
Number of objects:
one
Object name:
tablet; tablet
Object number:
TRURI : 1922.90.12
Other number:
CT 9
Other number type:
assigned number
Technique:
made
Text:
also examined by H.W.Mengedoht (British Museum) in 1923; for his assessment see his report (no.108)
Text reason:
Brief description notes
Use begin date:
8.8.2009
Use begin date:
3.2009
Use begin date:
29.8.2008
Use end date:
12.9.2009
Use end date:
5.2009
Use end date:
13.10.2008
Use organiser:
Royal Institution of Cornwall
Use organiser:
Royal Cornwall Museum/KTP
Use title:
Study - Sovay Berriman
Use title:
Story of Cornwall
Use title:
New Acquisitions
User's reference:
Reference author / editor:
Walker, S.E.C.
Reference note:
pp122-127 and plates XVII-XVIV
Reference publication date:
1973
Reference publisher:
Archiv für Orientforschung
Reference title:
Cuneiform Tablets in the County Museum and Art Gallery, Truro

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/85ac4a4b-3911-3409-b119-5a4479d6bdce

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/85ac4a4b-3911-3409-b119-5a4479d6bdce, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, CC BY-NC

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