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Most Important Cuneiform Objects 21-30
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A third millennium monument with figures in relief, possibly recording the exchange of large tracts of land for other goods More information...
Artifact: Stone
Period: ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London (BM 086260 and BM 086261)
24. The earliest known mathematical exercise
This account represents a hallmark in the history of science and played a role in important studies of the earliest numerical systems. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Uruk, modern Warka
Period: Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)
Current location: University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg (W 19408,76+)
Written in Sumerian, this is the earliest known law collection from ancient Mesopotamia. More information...
Artifact: Clay cylinder
Provenience: Unknown
Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Current location: Schøyen Collection, Oslo (MS 2064)
26. An early literary catalogue
A rare piece of evidence for the debate regarding the extent of Sumerian literary traditions at the end of the third millennium B.C. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Unknown
Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Current location: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven (YBC 03654)
An important tool for modern scholars attempting to attach phonetic values to Sumerian signs. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience:
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Current location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Ashm 1923-401)
28. Tiglath-pilesar's annalistic text
Featuring in the famous 19th century decipherment challenge of the Royal Asiatic Society, independent translations of this text 'proved' that cuneiform texts were once again readable, after two thousand years of obscurity. More information...
Artifact: Clay prism
Provenience: Assur
Period: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Current location: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
29. The Succession Treaty of Essarhadon
Esarhaddon's treaty to establish Aššurbanipal as his successor to the throne of Assyria in the seventh century BCE. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
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Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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