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Cuneiform Tablet: School Tablet Possibly Recording the Title of a Hymn to a Diety or King
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet: School Tablet Possibly Recording the Title of a Hymn to a Diety or King

AAT Object Form/Functiontablets (information artifacts)
AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
Place CreatedBabylon, Iraq, Asia
CultureBabylonian
PeriodOld Babylonian Period
Date2000-1600 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions2 5/16 x 1 1/4 in. (5.9 x 3.2 cm)
Object number1921.298
Published ReferencesEdmond Sollberger, "Selected Texts from American Collections," Journal of Cuneiform Studies 10 (1956): 11-31.
ProvenancePurchased for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959) from Albert T. Clay (1866-1925) [Yale Babylonian Collection], New Haven, Connecticut, 1921. At Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, ca. 1950-1955.
InscribedObv. 2 lines, My King, the Lord in Heaven Perfect; in the Barren Marsh has Built a House.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art