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Officials 2001 Officials 2002 Officials 2003 Officials 2004 Officials 2005
The inscription is written on a blue chalcedony mace head which was once in possession of C. J. Ball, but whose current location is unknown.
The Akkadian inscription, written in Neo-Babylonian script, could be dated around the seventh century BC. The text records the dedication of the mace head made to the god Marduk by Nabû-mukīn-apli, governor of Babylon and member of the family of Nūr-Sîn, in order to assure himself good health, happiness and his own position.
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This short inscription is written on a bronze situla preserved in the Iran Bastan Museum of Teheran and said to come from the Māh-i-dasht plain.
The Akkadian inscription states that the object was property of Nabû-šumu-līšir, presented as provincial governor of Babylon and chief administrator of Esagila. The object bears also a relief depiction of two bulls facing each other.
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The inscription is found on a bronze situla, similar to those said to come from Luristan and now preserved in the Louvre Museum.
The Akkadian inscription ascribes the property of the object to an individual by the name of Šamaš-mukīn-aḫi, presented with the title of ša rēš šarri, which is probably to be intended as "royal eunuch."
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The inscription is provided by a bronze situla part of the Faroughi collection and said to come from Luristan.
The short Akkadian text ascribes the property of the situla to a royal
official who bears the same title of Šamaš-mukīn-aḫi mentioned in the
inscription 2003.
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This short inscription is written on a bronze mace head preserved in the Faroughi collection and said to come from Luristan, even if its actual provenance is unknown.
The Akkadian text ascribes the property of the object to a royal official whose name is not completely readable and who bears the same title of the subjects of the inscriptions 2003 and 2004.
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Giulia Lentini
Giulia Lentini, 'Inscriptions of Officials', RIBo, Babylon 6: The Inscriptions of the Period of the Uncertain Dynasties, The RIBo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2018 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/periodofassyriandomination/officials/]