Demand for Tablets for the Libary of Ashurbanipal

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Two almost similar letter tablets relaying the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal's orders to his employees to find local copies of particular compositions, which the royal library at Nineveh lacked. Sent from Nineveh and found at the city of Borsippa, modern-day Birs Nimrud, Babel Governorate, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, 7th century BCE.

The British Museum, London.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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