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Tablie 58 trous Assyrie [family: 58 squares]
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period: Middle Iron (950-650)
date: ~ 800 B.C
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original location : Mesopotamy (Sippar)
context: unknown
fabric:  couleur: purple  state:
dimensions: length: 13,8cm width: 12cm height: 6,7 cm
conservation: British Museum:
designs : decorated with two types of rosace
disposition of the grid: remains of designs are visible on the board's sides with on one some characters represented in a procession.
accessories: none
publications: Gadd, C. J. 1948 Ideas of divine rule
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