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Source Description
This tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces, was blackened in baking, and is broken in two parts. The inscription has not been translated. The tablet was repaired in 1957 and may be a forgery.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
21357
label
Tablet with Inscription
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21357
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tablet with Inscription
description
This tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces, was blackened in baking, and is broken in two parts. The inscription has not been translated. The tablet was repaired in 1957 and may be a forgery.
provenance
Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
date
2nd-early 1st millennium BCE or modern
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
tablets
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.8
height
4.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 5/16 x W: 1 7/8 in. (5.8 x 4.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription]
med
clay
creator_ids
6353
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
aa07dd86293a5f11