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Tabletcirca 1900 B.C.

Not on view
Clay tablet with rounded corners covered in dense cuneiform script impressed across the entire surface, in warm terracotta brown
Fired clay tablet with rounded square form, densely covered in impressed cuneiform script arranged in horizontal rows across the surface.

Unknown, Tablet, circa 1900 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Tablet
Place Made
Anatolia
Date Made
circa 1900 B.C.
Medium
Clay
Dimensions
1 7/8 x 2 in. (4.8 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.8
Classification
Tablets
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient

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