Macehead Fragment
CBS8888
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Babylonian
| Object Number | CBS8888 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Old Akkadian Period |
| Date Made | 2340-2200 BCE |
| Section | Babylonian |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Iconography | Temple Record |
| Description | CBS Register: Inscribed vase fragment. Royal/Monumental text. (CDLI Composite: Q005191). See CDLI for transliteration info and line art (hand drawing of inscription). Most of this macehead is restored, including part of the inscription. At various times it was published as 8888 and 8888a, and sometimes the plaster fill with partial inscription was called 8888a, but 8888a is now the registration number for the tablet also assigned this number. |
| Height | 16.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number | P216851 - CDLI Number | B8888 - Old Museum Number | CBS 08888 + CBS 08888a - Other Number |
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