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Photo: Don Ross, Vermont
Fragment of a Cuneiform Tablet
Photo: Don Ross, Vermont

Fragment of a Cuneiform Tablet

Artist (Sumerian)
Artist (Iraqi)
DateNeo-Sumerian, Ur III period, c. 2100–1800 BCE
PeriodUr III Period, 3rd millennium BCE or 2nd millennium BCE
MediumClay
DimensionsObject size: 4 1/4 × 4 × 1 1/8 inches
Credit LineGift of John Paul Wallach ’64 and Janet Wallach
Object number1996.068
Curatorial DepartmentAncient Western Art
_Place of OriginIraq
Concrete Used in a Water Cistern
Anonymous (Roman)
Object number: 0.044.019
Byzantine concrete, finely ground composition
Anonymous (Greek)
Object number: 0.044.020
Fragment of tubular bead/ cylinder seal
Anonymous (Sumerian)
Object number: 0.044.022
Photo: Don Ross, Vermont
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 3100–2900 B.C.E., Jemdet Nasr Period
Object number: 2009.012.03
Cylinder Seal with Gods, Figures, and Inscription
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 1894–1594 B.C.E., Old Babylonian Period
Object number: 2009.012.07
Photo: Don Ross, Vermont
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 883–612 B.C.E., Neo-Assyrian Period
Object number: 2009.012.10
Rectangular bead/ cylinder seal
Anonymous (Sumerian)
Object number: 0.044.025
Cylinder seal
Anonymous (Sumerian)
Object number: 0.044.024
Cylinder seal
Anonymous (Sumerian)
Object number: 0.044.023
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 3300–2900 B.C.E.
Object number: 2012.003
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 3300–2900 B.C.E.
Object number: 2012.004
Anonymous (Sumerian)
c. 3300–2900 B.C.E.
Object number: 2012.002