Tablet with Cuneiform
Sumerian
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Caption
Sumerian. Tablet with Cuneiform, late 3rd millennium B.C.E.. Terracotta, 1 1/4 x 9/16 x 1 5/16 in. (3.1 x 1.5 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X709. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Culture
Title
Tablet with Cuneiform
Date
late 3rd millennium B.C.E.
Period
Sumerian Period
Geography
Place made: Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq, Turkey, & Syria), Possible place made: Nippur (modern Nuffar in Afak), Iraq
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 9/16 x 1 5/16 in. (3.1 x 1.5 x 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number
X709
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