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Tabletcirca 1900 B.C.

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Terra-cotta clay tablet covered in dense rows of cuneiform script, with rounded corners and a cushion-like profile, lit from above
Small fired clay tablet, roughly square with rounded edges, covered on its face with rows of impressed cuneiform script, terracotta-colored with a slightly weathered, uneven 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 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (4.6 x 4.6 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.2
Classification
Tablets
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient

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