Sumerian / Babylon / Assyrian Cuneiform tablets - Ancient writing Mesopotamia
$55.85
Cuneiform tablets
Dimensions :-
Dimensions of square tablet
6.5 cm x 6.5 cm 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches
On offer here are a replica pair of ancient
cuneiform tablets. Original tablets were incised in moist clay, then fired or left to harden in the sun.
Made of a limestone and quartzite composition stone, They have aged patinas.
The writing that appears on the square tablet is one of the very earliest cuneiform incriptions. This is an exact replica of an early Sumerian pictogram text associated with land ownerhip. This was the type of writing used in the proto-urban period of Mesopotamia - near the end of the 4th millenium B.C.E.
Fast forward a few centuries more and the emerging cuneiform script had evolved into the example seen on the smaller rectangular tablet.
This tablet has very precise characters of text which are densely spaced when compared with the earlier example.
This is a much more complex and ordered use of ancient writing of a type used in later Sumerian culture as well as Babylonian and Assyrian. It is a replica from my personal collection and awaits scholarly translation. History just waiting to be told it is most probably a property document but it could be a prayer or even an ancient souls personal gripe!
Check out some of the other exclusive tablets if available to compare styles.
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