Tablet of Shamash
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The Tablet of Shamash is a stele recovered from the ancient Babylonian city of Sippar in southern Iraq in 1881; it is now a major piece in the British Museum's ancient Middle East collection and is a
Tablet of Shamash
When Nabopolassar discovered the tablet it was enclosed in this fired clay cover originally made by Nabu-apla-iddina. After replacing the cover Nabopolassar buried the original alongside the tablet.
The box in which the tablet of Shamash was discovered.
Nabu-apla-iddina
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Nabû-apla-iddina was the sixth king of the dynasty of E of Babylon and he reigned for at least thirty-two years. During much of Nabû-apla-iddina's reign Babylon faced a significant rival in Assyria un
Tablet of Shamash
…major piece in the British Museum's ancient Middle East collection and is a visual attestation of Babylonian cosmology. It is dated to the reign of King Nabu-apla-iddina ca. 888 – 855 BC. The tablet was discovered during excavations by Hormuzd Rassam between 1878 and 1883. The tablet was found complete but broken into…
A tablet now in the British Museum showing Nabu-apla-iddina (right) confirming a grant of land to a priest of the same name dated to his 20th year, found at Abu-Habbah (= Sippar) in 1881 by Hormuzd Rassam.
The Sun God Tablet.