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Cuneiform Tablet

1913.14.0524

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Artifact Identification Cuneiform Tablet   (1913.14.0524)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Documentary Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Other Documents
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Ur III, Reign of Amar-Sin
Date 2047-2039 BC
Culture Mesopotamian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 3.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 3.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.7 cm
Weight 28 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
CDLI NumberP128946 (external link)
Bibliography

Kang, Shin Teke, Sumerian Economic Texts from the Drehem Archive: Sumerian and Akkadian Cuneiform Texts in the collection of the World Heritage Museum of the University of Illinois, Volume I. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1974. Text Number 191.
Jacobsen, Thorkild. Cuneiform Texts in the National Museum, Copenhagen, Leiden (1939), p. 28, n. 1 and "Corrections" p. 2.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Edgar J. Banks Collection
Reproduction no

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