J, Rm319
The division of the text seems to be different in this tablet. The tablet is probably of Ku-
yunjik origin but this is ultimately uncertain.^224 The text is separated into sections by sin-
gle horizontal ruled lines, and columns are separated by a single vertical line on the re-
verse and by a double vertical line in the obverse. The tablet is flat on the obverse and
slightly convex on the reverse, approximately 2cm thick at the edge tending towards 4cm
thick at the centre. The clay is quite free of impurities in the cross-section and the colour
is light terracotta throughout, so the tablet was possibly unfired in antiquity.
K, BM32311
The script is Neo-Babylonian. This tablet probably contained four columns, most likely
consisting of the first tablet of MUL.APIN. The left edge has a colophon that proves its
Late Babylonian origin where, after the name and patronymic of the scribe, the text states
“lse-lu-ku šàr,” “Seleucus (is) king.”
L, BM45922
The tablet is written in Neo-Babylonian script, and probably comes from Rassam’s exca-
vations in southern Iraq between 1879 and 1882. The signs are approximately 3mm to
4mm in height but the sizing is quite irregular. The tablet originally contained four col-
(^224) Most of the signs on the tablet appear to be Neo-Assyrian, though some signs could be Neo-Babylonian
in style (e.g. KU 6 , obv. ii 5; ŠA, passim, appears in both Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian forms). While
the Rm collection is mostly Assyrian material, there are occasional pieces of Babylonian origin that were
purchased in Baghdad (J.E. Reade, "Rassam's Babylonian Collection," xxviii-xxix). The bulk of the Rm
material is thought to have been extracted from the North and the Southwest Palaces at Nineveh during
Rassam’s excavations between January and May 1878, for which see A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 387.