Door Socket

31-53-1

From: Iraq | Calah

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-53-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Calah
Section Near Eastern
Materials Stone
Technique Inscribed
Description

Inscription of Tiglath - Pileser I

-NOTE: Not a door socket. It's broken, but it seems to be a hollow cylinder. Perhaps used at the top of a door? But not a pivot stone. Also, when read, it's clear this object is from Nineveh.

Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1932

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