Cornell University cuneiform project records
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Scope and content
Collection documents work done as part of the project and includes digital images and information on cuneiform tablets. Also correspondence and materials relating to cuneiform tablet research and administrative issues surrounding collections including repatriation.
Dates
- 2000-2018.
Creator
- Cornell University. Jonathan and Jeannette Rosen Ancient Near Eastern Studies Seminar and Tablet Conservation Laboratory (Organization)
Language of Material
In English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is currently closed for research.
Biographical / Historical
The Cornell University cuneiform project documented, with images and text, approximately 10,000 cuneiform tablets through the Jonathan and Jeannette Rosen Ancient Near Eastern Studies Seminar and Tablet Conservation Laboratory. Work on the tablets was curated by David I. Owen, the Bernard and Jane Schapiro Professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Studies. Project work provided access, scholarship, and publications relating to Sumerian and Babylonian language tablets from circa 3350 BCE through the 5th century BCE. The Cornell University Cuneiform Library website is one result of the project.
Extent
3.5 terabytes. (3.5 terabytes.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)