Neo-Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet: Dedicatory Inscription
1913.14.1729
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Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Neo-Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet: Dedicatory Inscription (1913.14.1729) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | Unknown |
Geographic Location |
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Period/Date | Neo-Babylonian, 7th - 6th century BC |
Culture | N/A |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Length) | 12.9 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Width) | 7.3 cm |
Dimension 3 (Depth) | 3.3 cm |
Weight | 314 g |
Measuring Remarks | 16 pieces and dust. Measurements of the 3 largest pieces. |
Materials | Ceramic--Earthenware |
Manufacturing Processes | Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing |
Munsell Color Information | Grayish Reddish Orange (10R 6/6) Yellowish White (10YR 9/1.5) |
Research Remarks
Published Description | Published description and context about this inscription including transliteration and translation in The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Babylonian Periods, Volume 2, Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC), by Grant Frame, University of Toronto Press, Canada, 1995. 1995P.0026, copy of relevant pages in object files, publications files and request log files. JLW, 4/10/2006 Published description and context of this inscription including transliteration and drawings of tablet in "An Inscription of Simbar-sihu" in Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 19. No. 4 (1965) pp 121-135, by Albrecht Goetze. |
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Description | N/A |
CDLI Number | P421580 (external link) |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | Goetze, Albrecht. "An Inscription of Simbar-sihu." Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 19:4(1965): 121-135. "[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
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | Edgar J. Banks Collection |
Reproduction | No |
Reproduction Information | N/A |