ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
School Practice Tablet, Probably with a Sumerian Proverb
AAT Object Form/FunctionCuneiform
AAT Object Form/FunctionWriting Tablets (Information Artifacts)
Place CreatedUmma, Iraq, Asia
CultureBabylonian
Dateca. 1800 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Object number1921.114
Label TextScribes had to undergo extensive training in order to master cuneiform writing. Trainee scribes first learned how to make tablets from clay and practiced writing cuneiform signs by copying short texts. This example of a school tablet shows the same proverb written on one side by the teacher and copied on the other side by the student.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
1279-1213 BCE
1076-525 BCE
722-332 BCE
722-332 BCE
ca. 14th Century BCE