M0006294: Tablet of Shamash, Mesopotamian sun god

Date:
May 1939
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/52/75
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M0006294: Tablet of Shamash, Mesopotamian sun god. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Shamash, The sun god of the Babylonians.

Description

Photograph of the tablet of Shamash, a stone tablet found in the ruins of the temple E-Babbara at Sippar, southern Iraq. The inscription commemorates the rededication of the temple by Nebo Paliddin in 857BC. The tablet is held by the British Museum.

Publication/Creation

May 1939

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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