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Title: Stone cuneiform tablet with inscription of Ashurnasirpal II
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 883–859 BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Culture: Assyrian
Medium: Gypsum alabaster
Dimensions: 26 1/2 × 17 × 1 1/4 in., 82 lb. (67.3 × 43.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1958
Object Number: 58.31.57
"Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 22, 2014–January 4, 2015.
“Assyria to America.” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, October 24, 2019–December 13, 2020.
“Mesopotamia: Great Cultural Innovations, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, July 22, 2022–September 29, 2024.
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