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This clay tablet records several inscriptions found on an old lapis lazuli cylinder seal. The seal had belonged first to the Kassite king Shagarakti-Shuriash (reigned 1245-1233 BCE) in Babylon. It was taken to Assyria; later it was returned to Babylon, where it was rediscovered by the Assyrian king Sennacherib (reigned 708-681 BCE). Probably 689 BCE. From Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (British Museum, London)
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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, August 24). A Seal with a History. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7010/a-seal-with-a-history/
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