Cuneiform Tablet Item Number: M4.35 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Grey rounded rectangular tablet (part a) with stylus cuneiform impressions. (Part b is a cast imprint of the tablet.)
History Of Use
Inscribed tablet from ancient Mesopotamia, Dated to the Achaemenid (Persian) period (535-333 B.C.E.). Apparently the precise date has been translated as April 17, 505 B.C.
Narrative
This tablet appears in an article, in Vol. 8 1990 Annual Review of the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project- “Cuneiform Texts at the University of British Columbia” (by C.A. Peters & D.R. Frayne; Toronto, p. 60-61).
Item History
- Made in Babylon, Iraq during 506 BCE
- Collected before 1935
- Owned by David Thom before 1935
- Received from David Thom (Donor) during 1935
What
Who
- Culture
- Babylonian
- Previous Owner
- David Thom
- Received from
- David Thom (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Babylon, Iraq
When
- Creation Date
- during 506 BCE
- Collection Date
- before 1935
- Ownership Date
- before 1935
- Acquisition Date
- during 1935
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 108
- Accession Number
- 2298/0003 a-b