Cuneiform tablets.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Cornell University cuneiform project records
Collection
Identifier: 14-30-4292
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.
Cuneiform tablets
Collection
Identifier: 6906
Abstract
Cuneiform tablets (tablets made of clay, stone, metal, or wax, and inscribed with a wedge-shaped stylus) from the Old Babylonian period in ancient Mesopotamia, roughly the site of modern Iraq. Most are records of business transactions.
Dates:
circa 2500 B.C.E.