AN INSCRIBED BRONZE VESSEL, of globular form with everted rim, the neck inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform and translated as follows: "Property of Mar-Enlil-sarrani, son of Dabibi", 1100-800 B.C.

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AN INSCRIBED BRONZE VESSEL, of globular form with everted rim, the neck inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform and translated as follows: "Property of Mar-Enlil-sarrani, son of Dabibi", 1100-800 B.C.
2¾in. (7cm.) high

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The sign forms come from circa 1100-800 B.C. and the names suggest a southern Iraq origin. However, the bronze vessel has parallels with Luristan, c.f., G. Dessin, Iranica Antiqua II

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