Cuneiform Tablet Item Number: M4.36 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rounded rectangular reddish clay tablet with stylus cuneiform impressions. (Parts b and c show imprints from two sides of the tablet.)
History Of Use
Inscribed tablet from ancient Mesopotamia. Dated to the Neo-Babylonian period (612-535 B.C.E.), the 2nd day of the 2nd month in the 41st year of King Nebuchadnezzar II. This date apparently can be translated as April 10, 564 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. 58-61).
Item History
- Made in Babylon, Iraq during 565 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 565 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
- 2298/0002 a-c