Illustration
In this clay tablet, Shamash-shum-ukin confirms a grant which was previously made by Ashur-nadin-shumi. The royal seal on this clay tablet is not an original impression, but a man-modelled copy. It depicts the Babylonia king fighting a oryx antelope. From Babylonia (modern-day Babel Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia. 670-650 BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, October 17). Confirmation of a Grant by Shamsh Shum Ukin. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3166/
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Amin, Osama S. M. "Confirmation of a Grant by Shamsh Shum Ukin." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 17, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/3166/.
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Amin, Osama S. M. "Confirmation of a Grant by Shamsh Shum Ukin." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 17 Oct 2014. Web. 17 Jan 2021.
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