Record of Temple Workers
This is one of the largest clay tablets to survive from the Neo-Sumerian period. The 24 columns of writing on the back and front record the names of nearly 20,000 temple workers from the Umma area. It dates to the 37th year of the reign of Shulgi, a king of the 3rd Dynasty at...
Artifact
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id
29941
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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source
import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1767_VwA_UK.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1767_VwA_UK.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1767_VwA_UK.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1767 |
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Medium
baked clay
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