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Cuneiform Tablet
1865 BCE-1835 BCEEarly 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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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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Provenance
University of Rochester; transferred to the Gallery in 1970
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Entry. Marcel Sigrist. Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester New York. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press
- Article Title: P423419. Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Los Angeles, CA: University of California at Los Angeles, 2011.
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Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative
An international catalogue of cuneiform tablets, compiled by scholars at UCLA and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. MAG's cuneiforms were examined by a scholar in the summer of 2011.