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Title:Cuneiform tablet
Period:Iron Age
Date:ca. 850–750 BCE
Geography:Western Iran
Culture:Iran
Medium:Bronze
Dimensions:H. 3 11/16 × W. 4 1/2 × D. 3/8 in. (9.3 × 11.4 × 1 cm)
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1952
Accession Number:52.119.12
1929, purchased by Ernst Herzfeld at Hamadan, Iran; collection of Ernst Herzfeld (until d. 1948); acquired by the Museum in 1952, purchased from Mrs. Charlotte M. Bradford, sister of E. Herzfeld, Princeton, NJ.
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Herzfeld, Ernst. 1938. "Bronzener 'Freibrief' eines Königs von Abdadana." Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, IX, pl. I.
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Radner, Karen. 2003. "A Median Sanctuary at Bīt-Ištar." In Continuity of Empire (?): Assyria, Media, Persia, edited by Giovanni B. Lanfranchi, Michael Roaf and Robert Rollinger. History of the Ancient Near East Monograph 5. Padua: Sargon, pp. 119-30.
Waters, Matthew. 2011. "Notes on the Medes and Their 'Empire' from Jer 25:25 to Hdt 1.134." In A Common Cultural Heritage: Studies on Mesopotamia and the Biblical World in Honor of Barry L. Eichler, edited by Grant Frame, Erle Leichty, Karen Sonik, Jeffrey H. Tigay and Steve Tinney. Bethesda: CDL Press, pp. 244-5.
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