Cuneiform Tablet: Making a Canal Bed and Digging a Field
1913.14.0522
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Cuneiform Tablet: Making a Canal Bed and Digging a Field (1913.14.0522) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | None |
| Geographic Location |
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| Period/Date | Ur III Reign of Amar-Sin, 2047-2039 BC |
| Culture | Sumerian |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Length) | 4.5 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Width) | 4.0 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 1.4 cm |
| Weight | 25 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Ceramic--Earthenware |
| Manufacturing Processes | Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing |
| Munsell Color Information | Brownish Pink (7.5YR 7/2) -light body color to Light Brown (7.5YR 6/4) -dark body color Dark Grayish Blue (5B 3/2) -dark discoloration White (N 9.25/ 84.2% R) -light discoloration |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | "For example, two texts describe bedding operations in the canal system. In one case (text 116[1913.14.0522]) 46 male workers were employed for bedding the inlet of the small supply canal which ran along the Isum field, parallel to the main canal, and for digging irrigation ditches in the Isum field itself." (see 1972P.0022) |
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| Description | N/A |
| CDLI Number | P128963 (external link) |
| Comparanda | N/A |
| Bibliography | Kang, Shin Teke, Sumerian Economic Texts from the Umma Archive: Sumerian and Akkadian Cuneiform Texts in the Collection of the World Heritage Museum of the University of Illinois, Volume II. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1973. Text Number 6. Kang, Shin Theke. "Irrigation In Ancient Mesopotamia.", in Water Resources Bulletin, 619-624. Urbana, Illinois: American Water Resources Association, June 1972. |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | Edgar J. Banks Collection |
| Reproduction | no |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |