Cuneiform Tablet

1913.14.0408

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cuneiform Tablet (1913.14.0408)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Asia, West : Iraq ; Umma
Period	Ur III - Umma
Date	2130–2006 BCE
Culture	Sumerian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	3.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	3.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	1.5 cm
Weight	17 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes	Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
Published Description	N/A
CDLI Number	P420791 (external link)
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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