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Cuneiform clay tablet, ca. 2300 - 2100 BCE

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: ITEM 001

Scope and Content

From the Series:

This series contains materials where the primary method of inscription is by hand.

Dates

  • ca. 2300 - 2100 BCE

Access

Collection is open for research. Staff may restrict access at its discretion on the basis of physical condition.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 151 items)

Language of Materials

Sumerian

Custodial history

Purchased in Amuda, Syria

Container Summary

1 clay tablet

Notes

Along with Foliophiles-supplied plaque is contradictory typed description. Typed description identifying plaque as Sumerian is most likely more correct given matching of details.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us