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Votive offering. Fragment of a stone stele dedicated by Itur-Ashdum. First Dynasty of Babylon, c. 1760-1750 BC. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. Limestone. The cuneiform inscription states that a high official called Itur-Ashdum dedicated a statue to the goddess Ashratum in her temple, on behalf of King Hammurabi (reigned 1792-1750 BC). The figure carved may represent Hammurabi. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Votive offering. Fragment of a stone stele dedicated by Itur-Ashdum. First Dynasty of Babylon, c. 1760-1750 BC. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. Limestone. The cuneiform inscription states that a high official called Itur-Ashdum dedicated a statue to the goddess Ashratum in her temple, on behalf of King Hammurabi (reigned 1792-1750 BC). The figure carved may represent Hammurabi. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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4016 x 3040 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
34.0 x 25.7 cm | 13.4 x 10.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY BC • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • 1ST DYNASTY OF BABYLON • 2ND MILLENNIUM BC • ABU HABBA • ADORATION (GENERAL) • ADORATION • ALPHABET • AMORITE DYNASTY • AMORITE • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ART • ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA • ANCIENT WORLD • ANCIENT WRITING • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ASHRATUM • ASIA • BABYLON • BABYLONIAN ART • BABYLONIANS • BAS-RELIEF • BC BC BC • BRITISH MUSEUM • CARVED • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CULT • CULTURED • CUNEIFORM SCRIPT • CUNEIFORM WRITING • CUNEIFORM • CUNEIFORME • DEDICATION • EMBOSSED • EPIGRAPH • EPITAPH • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • FIRST DYNASTY OF BABYLON • GODDESS • HAMMURABI • HAMMURAPI • HIGHT OFFICIAL • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS • HISTORY • INSCRIPTION • ITUR-ASHDUM • KING • LANGUAGE • LEGEND • LIMESTONE • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN • OFFERING • OLD BABYLONIAN EMPIRE • OLD BABYLONIAN ERA • OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD • OLD BABYLONIAN • OLD DOCUMENT • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • ORTHOSTAT • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PIECE • PRAISE • PROMINENCE • REGISTRATION • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RELIGION • RITUAL • ROCK • ROCKY • RULER • SACRIFICE • SCRIPTURE • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • STATUETTE • STELA • STELE • STELE, ALL • STONE • STONES • SUMERIAN WRITING • TONGUE • VOTIVE • WORSHIP • WRITING
