Cuneiform tablet

Museum number:
9-141
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.469
Description:
A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sides
Donor:
Edgar J. Banks
Collection place:
Puzriš-Dagan (ancient city), Iraq
Culture or time period:
Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BC)
Collector:
Edgar J. Banks
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cuneiform (script) and Tablets (information artifacts)
Accession date:
1914
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
used as seal; cord sealing a basket of tablets in the temple passed into the hole of the table. on the tablet is written contents of basket.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #77: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Daniel Foxvog (April 16, 1976–June 4, 1976) and S1977-1978 #25: Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley/Daniel Foxvog (January 11, 1978–March 23, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesHearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sides
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sidesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-141, described as A clay tablet with cuneiform inscription on both sides

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