Cuneiform tablet: letter of Sin-sharra-ishkun to Nabopolassar, ca. 2nd century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Babylon (modern Hillah), Clay, 4.82 x 2.37 x 1.32 in. (12.24 x 6.02 x 3.35 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, This tablet is a later copy of a letter from the last days of the Assyrian empire. In it, the last Assyrian king, Sin-sharra-ishkun, appears to reach out to the Babylonian king Nabopolassar, recognizing the latter’s rule and pleading to retain his own kingdom
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Cuneiform tablet, letter, Sin-sharra-ishkun, Nabopolassar, ca, 2nd century B.C, Mesopotamia, Babylon, modern Hillah, Clay, 4.82 x 2.37 1.32, 12.24 6.02 3.35 cm, Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, tablet, later copy, last days, Assyrian empire, Assyrian, king, reach out, Babylonian king, recognizing, latter, rule, pleading, retain, own kingdom
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