File:Sumerian - Protoliterate Tablet - Walters 41219 - View A.jpg

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Protoliterate Tablet   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Sumer)Unknown author
Title
Protoliterate Tablet
Description
English: From a unique group of early documents recording the transfer of land (in this case one "b'uru"- about 150 acres), this tablet illustrates the transition from a writing system based on pictures to one where signs represent sounds. The vase and foot are easily recognized but represent sounds rather than objects. In the bottom row, the two wavy lines sprouting plants is the sign for garden.
Date between circa 3100 and circa 2900 BC (late Uruk; Early Dynastic I-II)
Medium red stone
Dimensions H: 2 5/8 x W: 2 5/8 x 7/8 in. (6.6 x 6.6 x 2.3 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
41.219
Place of creation south Mesopotamia
Object history
  • Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941
  • Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase
Exhibition history In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.
Credit line Museum purchase, 1941
Inscriptions [Inscription] On obverse
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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