LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: tablet

Cuneiform tablet: list of magical stones Period: Achaemenid or Seleucid Date: ca. mid- to late 1st millennium B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia Culture: Achaemenid or Seleucid Medium: Clay Dimensions: 2.87 x 3.12 in. (7.29 x 7.92 cm) Classification: Clay-Tablets, Inscribed Credit Line: Purchase, 1886 Accession Number: 86.11.64 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/3000...

Administrative tablet: record of quantities of wheat and barley Clay Mesopotamia, probably Uruk Jemdet Nasr period (Uruk III script), 3100-2900 BC Accession # 1988.433.2 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Foundation Tablet Creator: Mesopotamian (Artist) Period: 1834-1823 BC (Old Babylonian; Isin-Larsa) Medium: Egyptian blue (Ceramics) Accession Number: 48.2481 Measurements: H: 2 3/16 x W: 3 x D: 7/8 in. (5.6 x 7.6 x 2.2 cm) Geographies: Larsa (in present-day Iraq) (Place of Origin) The emphasis on sumptuous materials, such as precious metals and stones, is a common characteristic of foundation deposits. This tablet resembles the semiprecious stone lapis lazuli, prized by the Mesopotamians, although it is in fact made from a less costly material known as "Egyptian blue." It bears an inscription of King Warad-Sin, ruler of the city-state of Larsa, with a prayer and a dedication. Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/17796/foundation-tablet/