**Foundation Tablet in Gold**

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//Artifact//: Foundation Tablet in Gold\\ 
//Provenience//: Dur-Sharrukin\\ 
//Period//: Neo-Assyrian period (ca. 900-600 BC)\\ 
//Current location//: Louvre Museum, Paris, France \\ 
//Text genre, language//: Royal/Monumental; Akkadian\\ 
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//Description//: Found together with three other inscriptions on precious materials, including silver, the inscription commemorates Sargon II's founding of the Neo-Assyrian capital at Dur-Sharrukin (AO 19933). Typical of inscriptions found in the foundations of official buildings, this one includes information about the royal titulary of the king; his building activities in the city, including palaces and temples; and curse formulae against anyone who may destroy property of the king. (Moudhy Al-Rashid, University of Oxford)

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