SUMERIAN MESOPOTAMIAN CUNEIFORM STUDENT (FOUNDATION) TABLET

Ca. 2000-1600 BC. A round cuneiform tablet with four lines of cuneiform. These were used by students, who would typically write four lines, usually proverbs. On the opposite side would be the model te

Mesopotamian Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet, Third Dynasty of Ur,c. 2080-2030 BC, Administrative document relating to the purchase of goats by an individual for offering to a temple. Material:Terracotta Si

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, dated to the seventh year of the reign of Amar-Sin, ca. 2039 BCE. A hand-built pottery tablet of rectangular form with

A Mesopotamian Pottery Tablet with Cuneiform Writing. Writing on both sides, one side has 14 lines of writing. Tablets are written in two ancient languages, Sumerian and Akkadian, using a script calle

Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform Tablet circa 1900 BC. Size 1 x 1 inch + case. Old Babylonian cuneiform tablet with Sumerian inscriptions. fragment. Provenance: Ex Private NYC Collection acquired in the

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, dated to the reign of Shu-Sin, ca. 2037 to 2029 BCE. A hand-built clay administrative tablet of bulky form bearing 11 f

A Mesopotamian Pottery Tablet with Cuneiform Writing. Writing on both sides, one side has 14 lines of writing. Tablets are written in two ancient languages, Sumerian and Akkadian, using a script calle

Ca. 2141-2122 BC A fine Mesopotamian Neo-Sumerian clay foundation cone with roughly four-fifths of its conical body wrapped in lines of dense cuneiform text. The body tapers to a rounded point and has

(4) terracotta items including foundation cone bearing untranslated cuneiform script on sides; rectangular tablet bearing untranslated cuneiform script on front and back; pottery shard having repeatin

A Sumerian stone tablet fragment, 3rd-2nd millennium BCE, Mesopotamian, inscribed with lines of cuneiform, 8cm wide3cm deep7.5cm highProvenance: By repute private collection, London and Geneva, pre-19

A Sumerian, 2190 - 2000 B.C., terracotta foundation cone (clay nail) with 2/3's of the body having cuneiform text. Dicoidal shaped head with wide body that tapers to a point. The dedication text has b

Konischer Grundstein Sumerisch, Lagasch-Dynastie, Herrschaft von Gudea, Mesopotamien Mit Sockel / with base Terrakotta. L 17 cm. Provenienz: - Kanadische Privatsammlung, Montreal (erworben in Libanon,

Ancient Near East, Sumerian, ca. 2100 BCE. A beautiful terracotta foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in dense cuneiform text. A narrow tip gradually widens to a th

Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A petite rectangular "biscuit" or tablet with rounded lateral sides, angled edges along the top and bottom, and slightly convex faces. The face

Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A petite rectangular "biscuit" or tablet with rounded lateral sides, angled edges along the top and bottom, and slightly convex faces. The face

Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet, Dated to the Reign of King Shulgi, Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2094-2047 BC. The tablet is completely preserved, 15 lines of Sumerian cuneiform. The tablet records sheep and goa

2nd millennium B.C. A large pillow-shaped tablet with plano-convex cross-section, bearing dense cuneiform text to both faces. Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988

2nd millennium B.C. A bifacial, pillow-shaped clay tablet bearing multiple lines of cuneiform text to both faces. 30.27 grams, 41 mm (1 5/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the propert

Rare Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet ,Ca. 2nd millennium B.C. pottery tablet untranslated, probably an administrative record, ​pottery tablet with impressed cuneiform writing covering bot

A Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet, Ur III, c. 2100 BC, in hardened clay, the rectangular tablet with five beautifully incised lines of cuneiform text, the opposite side with a few partial lines remainin

A large Sumerian cuneiform tablet, Ur III, c. 2100 - 2000 BC, with multiple registers of incised text on either side. 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in (6.9 x 4.8 cm). Surfaces cleaned with light deposits. Ex New York

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic cuneiform tablet with a slightly curved profile, cuneiform text to both faces. 81 grams, 64 mm (2 1/2 in."). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property o

Mesopotamia, present day Iraq/ Syria, ca 2000 BCE. In Greek, "Mesopotamia" means 'land between the rivers', and the term came to be applied to the land between the two great rivers, the Tigris and the

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Group of three fragments of pillow-shaped tablets with impressed cuneiform text. 154 grams total, 43-60 mm (1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the