Book/Printed Material School exercise tablet, Cuneiform tablet no. 01
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Title
- School exercise tablet, Cuneiform tablet no. 01
Names
- Minassian, Kirkor, former owner.
- Kirkor Minassian Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [between 2200 B.C. and 1900 B.C.]
Headings
- - Cuneiform tablets--Iraq--Drehem (Extinct city)
- - Iraq--Antiquities--Specimens
- - Sumerian language--Texts
- - Drehem (Extinct city)
- - Sumerians--Education
- - 2200-1900 B.C
Notes
- - The student tablets are recognizable by their roundness, deliberately made so by scribes in order not to confuse them with other tablets, which were almost always square or rectangular. All student tablets were unfired as the intention was to reuse the same tablet. The teacher in the scribal school (edubba) typically inscribed the lesson, three words or a short sentence, on one side of the tablet, and the student copied and recopied it onto the other side until memorized correctly.
- - Slightly encrusted.
- - Images (front only), drawings, and transcriptions of the tablets are also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
- - Content in Sumerian.
- - Acquired by the Library of Congress in 1929 from art dealer Kirkor Minassian as part of a collection of Islamic bookbindings, manuscripts, textiles, and ceramic and metal objects illustrating the history of the development of writing and book arts in the Middle East.
- - Description from LC Global Gateways metadata
Medium
- 1 clay tablet ; 7 1/2 cm in diameter
Call Number/Physical Location
- PJ3719 .M56 no. 1
Source Collection
- Cuneiform Tablet Collection
Repository
- Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540
Digital Id
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cf0001
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cs0001
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cp0001
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2020741370
Rights Advisory
- No known restrictions on use or reproduction.
Online Format
- image