Foundation Tablet
31-17-7
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Babylonian
| Object Number | 31-17-7 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | Enki Temple area |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian Period |
| Date Made | 2000-1900 BCE |
| Section | Babylonian |
| Materials | Soapstone |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | Soapstone foundation tablet. From the Enki temple buily by Rim-Sin in 1990 B.C. at Ur. Royal/Monumental text. (CDLI Composite: Q002154). See CDLI for transliteration info. |
| Height | 13.3 cm |
| Length | 7.9 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number | U.15064 - Field No SF | P431794, P270044 - CDLI Number | UM 31-17-007 - Other Number |
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