File:Birth of Sargon BM ME K.3401.jpg

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English: Cuneiform tablet with the legend of Sargon I's birth, from the library of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC).
Date 7th century BC
date QS:P571,-650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium clay
medium QS:P186,Q42302
Dimensions length: 8.9 cm (3.5 in); width: 6.5 cm (2.5 in); thickness: 1.6 cm (0.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,8.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,6.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,1.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Department of the Middle East, room 55
Accession number
ME K.3401
Credit line excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard. Place: Nineveh.
References British Museum: online database: entry 309903

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