Böhl Collection

The De Liagre Böhl Collection of Cuneiform Inscriptions or Böhl Collection is a collection of clay tablets and other objects inscribed with cuneiform texts in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Description

The collection is named after its collector, Frans de Liagre Böhl.^[1] It comprises the largest collection of cuneiform tablets in the Netherlands.^[2] In addition to 3355 cuneiform objects (including seals),^[3] the collection incorporates a small number of objects from the ancient Near East and Egypt.^[1] The owner of the collection is The Netherlands Institute for the Near East in Leiden; the cuneiform tablets are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room of Leiden University Libraries.^[2] A few objects from the Böhl Collection are on display in the permanent gallery "The Ancient Middle East" of the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden.^[2]

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  Clay tablet from the library of Ashurbanipal (De Liagre Böhl Collection)