Cuneiform tablets, circa 2500 B.C.E.
Collection Number: 6906

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cuneiform tablets, circa 2500 B.C.E.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6906
Abstract:
Cuneiform tablets (tablets made of clay, stone, metal, or wax, and inscribed with a wedge-shaped stylus) from the Old Babylonian period in ancient Mesopotamia, roughly the site of modern Iraq. Most are records of business transactions.
Creator:
Quanitities:
220 items.
Language:
Collection material in Akkadian

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Cuneiform tablets (tablets made of clay, stone, metal, or wax, and inscribed with a wedge-shaped stylus) from the Old Babylonian period in ancient Mesopotamia, roughly the site of modern Iraq. Most are records of business transactions.
Digital version, with content and publication information, at Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative site

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Cuneiform Tablets, #6906. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Access Restrictions:

Access restricted to the permission of the curator.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Sumerians -- Economic conditions.
Akkadian language -- Texts.
Cuneiform inscriptions.
Cuneiform tablets.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Tablets 1-3, 5-11, 12d-15
Box 2
Tablets 16-27, 29-30
Box 14
Tablet 28
Box 3
Tablets 31-51
Box 4
Tablets 52-57, 59-70
Box 5
Tablets 71-89, 91-93, 94-96
Box 6
Tablets 98-103, 105-127
Box 7
Tablets 128-154
Box 8
Tablets 155-182
Box 9
Tablets 183-196, 198
Box 10
Display box: tablets 4, 12, 12a, 58, 90, 97, 104
Box 11
Tablets 199-207
Scope and Contents
203: Clay bulla, Sumerian, circa 1861-1837 BCE
204: Personal names and summary, large hole in back, Old Babylonian, circa 1900-1700 BCE
Box 12
Tablets 208-217
Scope and Contents
208: Scribal exercise, Old Babylonian, possibly from Nippur, circa 2000-1600 BCE
209: Mathematical text, Old Babylonian, circa 2000-1720 BCE
213: Literary text, Sumerian, 1900-1700 BCE
Box 13
Tablets 218-219
Scope and Contents
218: from Jokha, temple record, circa 2200 BCE
219: from Drehem, temple record, circa 2200 BCE