Cuneiform tablet with a small second tablet: private letter a: 4 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm (1 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.) b: 2.2 x 3 x 0.7 cm (7/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)

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Holding institution:
Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Data provider:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Title:
Cuneiform tablet with a small second tablet: private letter a: 4 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm (1 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.) b: 2.2 x 3 x 0.7 cm (7/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Date:
-2000 - -1800
ca. 20th–19th century B.C.
Type:
Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Type (Narrower):
Inscriptions
Type (Broader):
Text
Coverage:
Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Geographic region:
Anatolia
probably from Kültepe (Karum Kanesh)
Time period:
Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Medium:
Clay
Extent:
a: 4 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm (1 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.) b: 2.2 x 3 x 0.7 cm (7/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Rights:
Public Domain
Identifier:
1983.135.4a, b
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