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clay tablet

human history
  • Description

    clay tablet, the top side shows a human-like figure with wings on their back, a triangular beard and headdress, and carrying an object in their left hand; the bottom surface is convex.

  • Place
    Assyria/Persia
  • Accession Number
    1920.11
  • Other Id

    17359.17 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • tablet, clay, 1920.11, 17359.17, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 21 Jul 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • tablet, clay, 1920.11, 17359.17, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 21 Jul 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • tablet, clay, 1920.11, 17359.17, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 21 Jul 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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