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Source Description
This clay tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces and a building inscription of Sin-Kashid of Uruk. This tablet bears the same inscription as 48.1804, a cone of Sin-Kashid.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
27004
label
Tablet of Sin-Kashid
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
27004
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tablet of Sin-Kashid
description
This clay tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces and a building inscription of Sin-Kashid of Uruk. This tablet bears the same inscription as 48.1804, a cone of Sin-Kashid.
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
1865-1833 BCE (Old Babylonian)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
tablets
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6
height
4.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/8 x W: 1 7/8 in. (6 x 4.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Babylonian
inscriptions
[Translation from composite text of Cuneiform Digital Library RIME 4.04.01.02] Sin-kashid
/ the mighty man
/ king of Uruk
/ king of Amnanum
/ his palace / of kingship / he built. [https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272908]
med
clay, impressed
creator_ids
7023
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0978d6d2f8af40d9