Protoliterate Tablet

ca. 3100-2900 BCE (Late Uruk; Early Dynastic I-II)

6.6 cm 6.6 cm 2.3 cm

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From a unique group of early documents recording the transfer of land (in this case one "bur'u," which is around 157 acres), this tablet illustrates the transition from a writing system based on pictures to one where signs represent sounds. The vase and foot are easily recogni...

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11639
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, by 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5009]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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en
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9
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Terms

संस्कृति
Mesopotamian
माध्यम
red stone
विधा
Stone tablets

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