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Five fragments of a gold tablet of King Ᾱryāramna

Lost Art-ID
620697
Artist / Creator
Unknown
Title
Five fragments of a gold tablet of King Ᾱryāramna
Dating
Mid 1st millennium BC.
Object type
Relief
Group of reported objects
Sculpture
Material / Technique
Metal (Gold) / cuneiform (Persian)
Measures
Thickness: about 0.1 cm (?)
Height
5.50 cm
Width
14.00 cm
Inventory number
VA 10127
Description

Five fragments have been preserved, resulting in a coherent rectangle. Two splinters are missing, at the bottom a crack.The old Persian text is almost complete with 10 lines. The plaque was probably originally square and trilingual; the inscription: Divine doantion of land by Ahuramazdā to King Ᾱryāramna.

Provenance

Acquired by Professor Herzfeld in Persia in 1929. Transferred by the Prussian Minister of Culture Professor Becker. Circumstances of loss: loss during the war.

Literature / Source

Erwerbungsnr.: II 578/29

Herzfeld: Die Goldtafel des Ᾱryāramna, in: Berliner Museen. Berichte aus den preussischen Kunstsammlungen 52/3 (1931) 52–55.

Published since
26.04.2024
Contact

SPK / Vorderasiatisches Museum
10117 Berlin
Germany

Phone
(030) 266 42 5600
Fax
(030) 266 42 5602
E-Mail
vam@smb.spk-berlin.de
Homepage
https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/vorderasiatisches-museum/home/
Contact
Prof. Dr. Barbara Helwing
Position
Direktorin
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Vorderasiatisches Museum

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