Tablet
Object Title | "Medical Tablet" |
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Object Number: | CBS14221 |
Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
Provenience: | Iraq Nippur |
Period: | Early Dynastic IIIB |
Date Made: | 2500-2340 BCE |
Early Date: | -2500 |
Late Date: | -2340 |
Section: | Babylonian |
Materials: | Clay |
Iconography: | Medicine |
Inscription Language: | Sumerian Language |
Height: | 15.4 cm |
Width: | 9.3 cm |
Thickness: | 2.8 cm |
Credit Line: | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
Other Number: | P269190 - CDLI Number 417 - Cast Number B14221 - Old Museum Number CBS 14221 (cast: Ashm 1994-0054) - Other Number |
Description
CBS Register: 3 col. tablet. obv damaged. rev in fine condition. Pre-Sargon. Ritual. [Ritual is then crossed out and Medical text/Old Akk/Ur III is added in by Ake.] Scientific text. Medical. prescriptions. (cast: Ashm 1994-0054). Exhibited in the Middle East Galleries as number B14221.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Near East Study Room (1955 - 1982) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Archaeologists and Travelers in Ottoman Lands (26 Sep 2010 - 26 Jul 2011) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Aruz, Joan. 2003. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus.. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 466 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
[Book] Ousterhout, Robert G., and Holod, Renata. 2011. Osman Hamdi Bey & the Americans / Osman Hamdi Bey ve Amerikalilar.. Istanbul. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 380 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
[Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 14 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
[Book] Winegrad, Dilys P. 1993. Through Time, Across Continents.. The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 7, fig. 10 | View Objects related to this |
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