Cuneiform Tablet
Unidentified Babylonian maker
Mesopotamia
2112 BCE-2004 BCE
Terracotta
Overall: 4 × 1 15/16 in. (10.2 × 4.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of The Dartmouth Scientific Association
23.1.7207
Geography
Place Made: Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, West Asia, Asia
Period
3000-2000 BCE
Object Name
Written Communication
Research Area
Near East
Not on view
Provenance
Dartmouth Scientific Association; given to present collection, 1923.
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