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 ====Most Important Cuneiform Objects 61-70====
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+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=daiva_inscription_xerxes|61. The Daiva inscription of Xerxes]]
+With the help of Ahuramazda, Xerxes roots out 'false religions'. [[daiva_inscription_xerxes|More information...]]
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+//Period//: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)\\
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 [[cross_bullman|{{ http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/images/ma_hoard.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=cross_bullman|61. A cross for the bull-man]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=cross_bullman|62. A cross for the bull-man]]
 A horde of objects which display interesting imagery and relation between object and text. [[cross_bullman|More information...]]
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 [[literary_catalogue|{{ http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/images/P255993_detail.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=literary_catalogue|62. A literary catalog]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=literary_catalogue|63. A literary catalog]]
 The incipits of Sumerian literary texts are contained in this catalogue, which may have been a mere inventory of may reflect the curriculum in Old Babylonian Nippur. [[literary_catalogue|More information...]]
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 [[astrolabe_b|{{ http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/images/P281769_detail.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=astrolabe_b|63. Astrolabe B]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=astrolabe_b|64. Astrolabe B]]
-A well-preserved Assyrian version of the so-called 'Astrolabe B'. [[astrolabe_b|More information...]]
+The best preserved text witness of a text known as 'Astrolabe B' contains a bilingual menology of each month of the year as well as a star catalogue. [[astrolabe_b|More information...]]
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-[[middle_assyrian_literary_catalogue|{{ :image.jpg?100|}}]]
+[[middle_assyrian_literary_catalogue|{{ http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/images/P282615_detail.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=middle_assyrian_literary_catalogue|64. Middle Assyrian Literary Catalogue]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=middle_assyrian_literary_catalogue|65. Middle Assyrian Literary Catalogue]]
-Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. [[middle_assyrian_literary_catalogue|More information...]]
+This is the most extensive catalogue of hymns and songs originally containing the initial words of about 400 such songs. [[middle_assyrian_literary_catalogue|More information...]]
 //Artifact//: Clay tablet\\
 //Provenience//: Assur\\
 //Period//: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)\\
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+//Current location//: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin \\
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 [[pedestal_tukulti_ninurta|{{ http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/images/ma_tukultininurta.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=pedestal_tukulti_ninurta|65. The pedestal of Tukulti-Ninurta I]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=pedestal_tukulti_ninurta|66. The pedestal of Tukulti-Ninurta I]]
 A cult object with an intriguing representation of divinity, and a major innovation in Assyrian narrative art. [[pedestal_tukulti_ninurta|More information...]]
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 [[zodiac_compilation_tablet|{{ :image.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=zodiac_compilation_tablet|66. Zodiac Compilation Tablet]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=zodiac_compilation_tablet|67. Zodiac Compilation Tablet]]
 An annotated map of the Babylonian sky with associated omens and hemerology. [[zodiac_compilation_tablet|More information...]]
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 [[graeco_babyloniaca|{{ :image.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=graeco_babyloniaca|67. Graeco Babyloniaca]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=graeco_babyloniaca|68. Graeco Babyloniaca]]
 A unique group of cuneiform tablets with Greek transliterations on the reverse which give a window onto the decline of cuneiform writing. [[graeco_babyloniaca|More information...]]
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 [[abderdeen_black_stone|{{ http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/dl/photo/pnnn.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=abderdeen_black_stone|68. Lord Aberdeen's Black Stone]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=abderdeen_black_stone|69. Lord Aberdeen's Black Stone]]
 Esarhaddon develops a cryptic form of Assyrian hieroglyphs. [[abderdeen_black_stone|More information...]]
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 [[ninurta_pagidat_dog_bite|{{ :image.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=ninurta_pagidat_dog_bite|69. Ninurta-paqidat's Dog Bite]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=ninurta_pagidat_dog_bite|70. Ninurta-paqidat's Dog Bite]]
 A humorous text which mocks the medical profession and the comic possibilities of bilingual communication. [[ninurta_pagidat_dog_bite|More information...]]