Tablet
Tablet
Place of OriginSumeria
DateUr III (about 2100-2000 BCE), Year 7 of King Amar-Sin
DimensionsH: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); W: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Depth: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
MediumEarthenware with impressed inscription.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer
Object number
1932.35
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Published ReferencesVan der Meiroop, Marc, "Cuneiform Tablets from The Toledo Museum of Art," Revue d'Assyriologie, no. 1, 1985, p. 18, repr. p. 27.- Decorative Arts
Neo-Sumerian (Ur III), fourth year of the reign of King Amar-Sin, 2024 BCE
Late 6th century BCE
586 BCE, 18th Year of King Nebechadnezzar
Neo-Babylonian period
Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
Ur III, year 1 of King Amar-Sin of Ur (2046-2038 BCE)
Ur III, 6th year of King Amar-Sin of Ur (2046-2038 BCE)
about 1865 BCE, reign of Sin-kasid of Uruk, Old Babylonian Period (1894-1595 BCE)
2047 BCE, 47th Year of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
2037 BCE, 1st year of King Shu-Sin (2037-2029 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
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