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Ceramics
Cuneiform Tablet
Sumerian artist, (active )
Sumerian artist
Iraq
1 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 7/16 in. (3.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm)
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mold
Clay
Clay
2049 BCE
2049 BCE
2049 BCE
cuneiform
Ceramics
Ur III, Lagas Sulgi 45; Barley yield of a field, as per Marcel Sigrist, "Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester New York," 1991
Many tablets were completely covered by a clay envelope onto which their text was recopied and sealed for security. This one records royal gurs (about a bushel) of grain (she). The she sign is a stylized picture of grain.
The tablet is dated: "month of the cutting of the grain, year when Ur-bi-lum (a nearby city) was destroyed." This was 2049 BCE, under King Shulgi.
[Gallery label text]
1954.58.4.1
item
Memorial Art Gallery
10/10/2002
54.58.4SL1
slide
full of interior tablet and envelope
2 x 2
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negative
full of interior tablet and envelope
2 x 2
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glossy
full of interior tablet and envelope
3 x 5
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54.58.4DI#1
digital image
9/24/2007
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54.58.4DI#2
digital image
11/6/2007
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54.58.4DI#3
digital image
6/27/2011
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54.58.4DI#4
digital image
6/27/2011
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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.
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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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