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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet with Building Inscription by Sin-Kasid, King of Uruk

AAT Object Form/FunctionCuneiform
AAT Object Form/FunctionWriting Tablets (Information Artifacts)
AAT Object Form/FunctionCommemorative Plaques
Place CreatedUruk, Iraq, Asia
CultureBabylonian
PeriodOld Babylonian Period, Reign of Sin-Kasid
Date1865-1833 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions2 13/16 x 2 1/4 in. (7.1 x 5.7 cm)
Object number1921.115
Exhibition HistoryMichael 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 view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art