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Tablet

Object Number:CBS16105
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iraq
Period: Early Dynastic I
Early Dynastic II
Date Made: 2900-2700 BCE
Early Date: -2900
Late Date: -2700
Section:Babylonian
Materials:Stone
Inscription Language:Sumerian Language
Height: 7 cm
Width: 7 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Credit Line:Gift of John H. Haynes, Babylonian Expedition III, 1896
Other Number:0411 - Cast Number
P5988 - CDLI Number
B16105 - Old Museum Number
CBS 16105 - Other Number

Description

Black tablet with cuneiform inscription.

CBS Register: Unknown provenience. tablet in a soft black stone, small pieces chipped off. Earliest period of writing.

Bibliography:

[Article] Barton, George A. 1912. "One of the Oldest Babylonian Tablets in the World". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 3. no. 1. pg. 4-6 Actual CitationView Objects related to this Actual Citation

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