Cuneiform Tablet
1865 BCE-1835 BCE
Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
3 1/8 x 2 5/16 x 7/8 in. (8 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm)
Unknown, Sumerian
Sumerian
Object Type:
Ceramics
Medium and Support:
Clay
Credit Line:
Gift of the University of Rochester
Accession Number:
1970.158
Location: Currently on view
OB; "Sin-kashid" inscription, as per Marcel Sigrist, "Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester New York," 1991
Sin-kashid of Uruk ruled that southern city in about 1865-1835 BCE. Founder of a new dynasty, he was from the nomadic Amnanum tribe, which lived in what is now eastern Syria and western Iraq. To establish his reputation, Sin-kashid had numerous tablets like this one made, all boasting of the same thing: that he built a temple for his god and a palace for his kingship.
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