Tablet Describing the Akitu Festival

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Illustration

Ibolya Horvath
by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 07 March 2023

Fragment of a Babylonian clay tablet, with 16 lines of inscription describing rites in Babylon relating to the Akitu festival. Fragment of the right half, copy of a text containing regulations for making offerings. From the Library of Ashurbanipal.

The British Museum, London.

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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2023, March 07). Tablet Describing the Akitu Festival. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17159/tablet-describing-the-akitu-festival/

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