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--- objects1to10 [2013/09/05 09:50] – miller
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 [[codex_hammurapi|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:codex_hammurapi.png?100|}}]]
 [[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=codex_hammurapi|1. Codex Hammurapi]]
 Perhaps the most widely-known cuneiform object, this impressive monument lists  laws of ancient Babylon in fascinating detail. [[codex_hammurapi|More information...]]
-//Artifact//: Stone stela\\
+//Artifact//: Stone stele\\
 //Provenience//: Susa, modern Shush\\
 //Period//: Late Old Babylonian (ca 1800-1595 BC)\\
 //Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/law-code-hammurabi-king-babylon|Louvre Museum, Paris]]\\
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+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=bisitun_inscription|2. The Bīsitūn Inscription]]
+[[bisitun_inscription|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_bisitun_inscription.png?100}}]]
+Often considered a key to the decipherment of cuneiform, the Persian “King of Kings” Darius tells how he seized the throne in this trilingual inscription. [[bisitun_inscription|More information...]]
+//Artifact//: Rock relief\\
+//Provenience//: Kermanshah Province, Iran\\
+//Period//: Persian\\
+//Current location//: Kermanshah Province, Iran\\
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+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=the_flood_tablet|3. The Flood Tablet]]
+[[the_flood_tablet|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_flood_tablet.png?100}}]]
+A Mesopotamian tale of a great flood and one survivor chosen by the Gods, this section of the Gilgamesh epic cause a stir when discovered in the 19th century. [[the_flood_tablet|More information...]]
+//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\
+//Provenience//: Nineveh\\
+//Period//: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)\\
+//Current location//: British Museum, London (K 03375)\\
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-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=sumerian_kings_list|2. The Weld-Blundell Prism/The Sumerian King List]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=sumerian_kings_list|4. The Weld-Blundell Prism/The Sumerian King List]]
 [[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=sumerian_kings_list|{{  :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_sumerian_king_list.png?100|}}]]
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 //Current location//: [[http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/faqs/q001/|Ashmolean Museum, Oxford]] (Ashm 1923-444)\\
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-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=middle_assyrian_laws_a|3. The Middle Assyrian Laws, A]]
+[[cyrus_cylinder|{{ http://cdli.ucla.edu/dl/photo/P386349_d.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=middle_assyrian_laws_a|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_middle_assyrian_laws_a.png?100}}]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=cyrus_cylinder|5. The Cyrus Cylinder]]
-A law collection famously including some of the oldest written regulations on women’s behaviour. [[middle_assyrian_laws_a|More information...]]
+Famously cited today as a cultural and political document, this text presents Cyrus, king of Persia, as liberator of Babylon. [[cyrus_cylinder|More information...]]
-//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\
+//Artifact//: Clay cylinder\\
-//Provenience//: Assur\\
+//Provenience//: Babylon?\\
-//Period//: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)\\
+//Period//: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)\\
-//Current location//: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin\\
+//Current location//: British Museum, London\\
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+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=stela_of_vultures|6. The Stele of Vultures]]
+[[stela_of_vultures|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_stela_of_vultures.png?100}}]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=sargons_letter_to_ashur|4. Sargon's letter to Ashur]]
+An Early Dynastic Sumerian monument of conflict perpetrated by King and God. [[stela_of_vultures|More information...]]
-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=sargons_letter_to_ashur|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:sargon_s_letter_to_ashur.png?100}}]]
-King Sargon II of Assyria presents his military exploits in a letter addressed “to Assur, father of the Gods...”  [[sargons_letter_to_ashur|More information...]]
+//Artifact//: Stone stele\\
+//Provenience//: Girsu, modern Tello\\
-//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\
+//Period//: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340)\\
-//Provenience//: Khorsabad\\
+//Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/stele-vultures|Louvre Museum, Paris]]\\
-//Period//: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)\\
-//Current location//: Louvre Museum, Paris (AO 5372)\\
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-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=the_flood_tablet|5. The Flood Tablet]]
-[[the_flood_tablet|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_flood_tablet.png?100}}]]
-A Mesopotamian tale of a great flood and one survivor chosen by the Gods, this section of the Gilgamesh epic cause a stir when discovered in the 19th century. [[the_flood_tablet|More information...]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=manistusu_obelisk|7. The Manistusu obelisk]]
+[[manistusu_obelisk|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_manistusu_obelisk.png?100}}]]
-//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\
+A monument recording King Manishtushu’s purchase of various plots of land in the area of Akkad from his subjects. [[manistusu_obelisk|More information...]]
-//Provenience//: Nineveh\\
-//Period//: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)\\
+//Artifact//: Stone monument\\
-//Current location//: British Museum, London (K 03375)\\
+//Provenience//: Susa, modern Shush\\
+//Period//: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)\\
+//Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/obelisk|Louvre Museum, Paris]] (Sb 20)\\
+\\
+\\
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-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=complex_calculations_jemdetnasr|6. Complex surface calculations at Jemdet Nasr]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=complex_calculations_jemdetnasr|8. Complex surface calculations at Jemdet Nasr]]
 [[complex_calculations_jemdetnasr|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:complex_surface_calculations_at_jemdet_nasr.png?100}}]]
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-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=cylinders_of_gudea|7. The Cylinders of Gudea]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=sargons_letter_to_ashur|9. Sargon's Letter to Ashur]]
-[[cylinders_of_gudea|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_cylinders_of_gudea.png?100}}]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=sargons_letter_to_ashur|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:sargon_s_letter_to_ashur.png?100}}]]
-A set of large cylinders inscribed with a Sumerian hymnic composition in which king Gudea receives instructions in a dream to build a temple. [[cylinders_of_gudea|More information...]]
+King Sargon II of Assyria presents his military exploits in a letter addressed “to Assur, father of the Gods...”  [[sargons_letter_to_ashur|More information...]]
-//Artifact//: Clay cylinders (and fragments)\\
+//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\
-//Provenience//: Girsu, modern Telloh\\
+//Provenience//: Khorsabad\\
-//Period//: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)\\
+//Period//: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)\\
-//Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/cylinders-gudea|Louvre Museum, Paris]]
+//Current location//: Louvre Museum, Paris (AO 5372)\\
 \\
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-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=manistusu_obelisk|8. The Manistusu obelisk]]
-[[manistusu_obelisk|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_manistusu_obelisk.png?100}}]]
-A monument recording King Manishtushu’s purchase of various plots of land in the area of Akkad from his subjects. [[manistusu_obelisk|More information...]]
-//Artifact//: Monument, stone\\
-//Provenience//: Susa, modern Shush\\
-//Period//: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)\\
-//Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/obelisk|Louvre Museum, Paris]] (Sb 20)\\
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-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=stela_of_vultures|9. The Stela of Vultures]]
+[[Plimpton322|{{ :p322-face-detoure.jpg?100|}}]]
-[[stela_of_vultures|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_stela_of_vultures.png?100}}]]
+[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=plimpton322|10. Pythagorean Triples]]
-An Early Dynastic Sumerian monument of conflict perpetrated by King and God. [[stela_of_vultures|More information...]]
+This widely known mathematical text in a tabular layout contains an array of Pythagorean triples. [[plimpton322|More information...]]
-//Artifact//: Stela, stone\\
+//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\
-//Provenience//: Girsu, modern Telloh\\
+//Provenience//: Unprovenanced\\
-//Period//: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340)\\
+//Period//: Old Babylonian (ca 1800-1595 BC)\\
-//Current location//: [[http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/stele-vultures|Louvre Museum, Paris]]\\
+//Current location//: Columbia University, New York City\\
-\\
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-[[http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=bisitun_inscription|10. The Bīsitūn Inscription]]
-[[bisitun_inscription|{{ :images:wiki:1to10icons:the_bisitun_inscription.png?100}}]]
-Often considered a key to the decipherment of cuneiform, the Persian “King of Kings” Darius tells how he seized the throne in this trilingual inscription. [[bisitun_inscription|More information...]]
-//Artifact//: Rock relief, stone\\
-//Provenience//: Kermanshah Province, Iran\\
-//Period//: Persian\\
-//Current location//: Kermanshah Province, Iran\\