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Ceramics
Cuneiform Tablet
Sumerian artist, (active )
Sumerian artist
Iraq
2 11/16 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in. (6.8 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm)
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overall
Clay
Clay
ca. 2000 BCE
2005 BCE
1995 BCE
cuneiform
Ceramics
Sargonic, as per Marcel Sigrist, "Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester New York," 1991
This is the Gallery's oldest clay tablet, dating from the period of King Sargon (Sharrum-ken) of Agade (Akkad), who ruled sometime between 2300 and 2100 BCE.
[Gallery label text]
1954.58.17a
item
Memorial Art Gallery
10/10/2002
glossy
obverse
3 x 5
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negative
obverse
1 x 1
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54.58.17aDI#1
digital image
9/24/2007
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54.58.17aDI#2
digital image
side 1
11/6/2007
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54.58.17aDI#3
digital image
side 2
11/6/2007
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54.58.17aDI#4
digital image
6/27/2011
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