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Cuneiform Tablet

1913.14.0396A

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    Basic Information

    Artifact Identification Cuneiform Tablet   (1913.14.0396A)
    Classification/
    Nomenclature
    1. Communication Artifacts
      2. :
    2. Documentary Artifacts
      3. :
    3. Other Documents
    Artist/Maker Unknown
    Geographic Location
    Period First Dynasty Babylon
    Date 1895–1712 BCE
    Culture Babylonian
    Location Not on Exhibit

    Physical Analysis

    Dimension 1 (Length) 2.7 cm
    Dimension 2 (Width) 2.5 cm
    Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.6 cm
    Weight 17 g
    Measuring Remarks Under Review
    Materials Ceramic--Earthenware
    Manufacturing Processes Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing

    Research Remarks

    Description N/A
    Published Description N/A
    Bibliography

    "[Book review of E. Porada and B. Buchanan, Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in N. American Collec., vol. 1: The Collec. of the Pierpont Morgan Lib.] ," Journal of Cuneiform Studies 4 (1950) 155-162.

    Goetze, Albrecht. "Sin-iddinam of Larsa: New Tablets from His Reign," Journal of Cuneiform Studies 4 (1950) 83-118. This article publishes thirteen Old Babylonian texts from the WHM collection in hand-copy and mentions fifteen more.

    ______. "An Old Babylonian Itinerary," Journal of Cuneiform Studies 7 (1953) 51-72.

    _____. "Remarks on the Old Babylonian Itinerary," Journal of Cuneiform Studies 18/4 (1964), pp. 114-119.

    Hallo, William W. "The Road to Emar," Journal of Cuneiform Studies 18/3 (1964). pp. 57-88.

    Cuneiform Documents from the Chaldean and Persian Periods by Ronald H. Sack, 1994

    Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC), by Grant Frame, 1995

    The Daily Illini. "UI receives new translation grant." March 24, 1972. 1972P.0026

    Artifact History

    Credit Line/Dedication Edgar J. Banks Collection
    Reproduction no

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