Position in chronology
Cuneiform inscriptions found on the lapis lazuli cylinder seal of Shagarakti-Shuriash were recorded on this clay tablet from Nineveh, Iraq. Circa 689 BCE. Currently housed in the British Museum in London
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The world it comes from
The Kassite kings, international diplomacy.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform inscriptions found on the lapis lazuli cylinder seal of the Kassite king Shagarakti-Shuriash were recorded on this clay tablet from Nineveh, modern-day Iraq. Circa 689 BCE. Currently housed
Attribution
Image: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform inscriptions found on the lapis lazuli cylinder seal of Shagarakti-Shuriash were recorded on this clay tablet from Nineveh, Iraq. Circa 689 BCE. Currently housed in the British Museum in London.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_inscriptions_found_on_the_lapis_lazuli_cylinder_seal_of_Shagarakti-Shuriash_were_recorded_on_this_clay_tablet_from_Nineveh%2C_Iraq._Circa_689_BCE._Currently_housed_in_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg. Description: Cuneiform inscriptions found on the lapis lazuli cylinder seal of the Kassite king Shagarakti-Shuriash were recorded on this clay tablet from Nineveh, modern-day Iraq. Circa 689 BCE. Currently housed in the British Museum in London..
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