Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals II: Akkadian, Post-Akkadian, Ur III Periods. Dominique Collon

1987 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Richard L. Zettler
Keyword(s):  
British Museum ◽  
Ur Iii ◽  
Cylinder Seals

scholarly journals PIGS AND PLAQUES: CONSIDERING RM. 714 IN LIGHT OF COMPARATIVE ARTISTIC AND TEXTUAL SOURCES

Iraq ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 151-165
Author(s):  
Gina Konstantopoulos
Keyword(s):  
British Museum ◽  
Potential Functions ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
Cylinder Seals

Rm. 714, a first millenniumb.c.e.tablet in the collections of the British Museum, is remarkable for the fine carving of a striding pig in high relief on its obverse. Purchased by Hormuzd Rassam in Baghdad in 1877, it lacks archaeological context and must be considered in light of other textual and artistic references to pigs, the closest parallel being a sow and her piglets seen in the reliefs of Court VI from Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh. Unlike depictions of pigs on later cylinder seals, where they are often shown as a dangerous quarry in hunting scenes, Rm. 714's pig appears in a more neutral, non-aggressive posture, similar to the sow in the Assyrian reliefs. Although Rm. 714's highly curved reverse would inhibit its use as a mounted or otherwise easily displayed object, the tablet may still have served as an apotropaic object or sculptor's model, among other potential functions.

Cuneiform Tablets from the Wiseman Collection

Iraq ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 127-136
Author(s):  
Jon Taylor
Keyword(s):  
British Museum ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Ur Iii ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Southern Iraq

The remains of the Percy J. Wiseman collection of cuneiform tablets were acquired in 2010 by the British Museum, where they now form the 2010-6-022 collection. The tablets almost all originate from southern Iraq, including the sites of Drehem, Larsa, Nippur, Sippar and Umma. They constitute records from the Ur III and Old Babylonian periods (21st–17th century B.C.) and from the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid periods (6th–4th century B.C.). This article provides an overview of the collection and makes the texts available for further study.

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