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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet: Old Babylonian Scribal Excercise: Excerpt (Probably) from Sumerian Literary Composition (Shulgi O = "Shulgi and Gilgamesh, brothers")
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Babylonian Scribal Excercise: Excerpt (Probably) from Sumerian Literary Composition (Shulgi O = "Shulgi and Gilgamesh, brothers")

CultureBabylonian
PeriodOld Babylonian
Date2000-1600 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of James E. and Elizabeth J. Ferrell
Dimensions3 3/16 x 2 x 1 1/16 in. (8.1 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm)
Object number2012.044.001
Published ReferencesNicholas Reid, "King Like a Horned Viper: Two New Manuscripts of Praise Poems to Sulgi," Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie 114 (2024): 12-22.
ProvenanceEx coll. James and Elizabeth Ferrell, United States, purchased March 2003.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art