Cuneiform tablets
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered collections and specimens of, and works on, cuneiform writing preserved on clay tablets. Collections and specimens of, and works on, cuneiform writing inscribed on stone, metal and other hard surfaces are entered under Cuneiform inscriptions. Such works, if limited to a particular language, are entered under the name of the language with the subdivision Texts.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Babylonian Clay Tablets Website and Files
Digital Collection
Collection number: 88D4D77D-CCCF-86A7-4EAC-E5E321F361A0
Box 6: Babylonian Clay Tablets, 2112-2004 BCE
Box — Box 6
Collection number: Box 6
Scope and Contents
Dr. Richard Holmes Powell, first president of South Georgia State Normal College (now Valdosta State University), acquired ten Babylonian clay tablets for the school's students to study. The tablets, which are roughly 1.5" square, are imprinted with Cuneiform writing and are indicative of daily record-keeping in ancient Mesopotamia. They were purchased in 1920 from archaeologist and antiquities dealer Edgar J. Banks at a total cost of $40. Banks provided translations for each tablet, along...
Dates:
2112-2004 BCE