Education in the Earliest Schools 049 (P273839)

Tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Museum Number

PARS 12/01, 085

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Measurements

62.0 mm × 76.0 mm × 30.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	School text
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P273839
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P273839

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	62.0 mm × 76.0 mm × 30.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain) antiquities market
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Museum Number	PARS 12/01, 085
Accession Number	96228

References

primary: Education in the Earliest Schools, no. 49

[Wilson2008Education] Wilson, Mark. 2008. Education in the Earliest Schools. Cuneiform Manuscripts in the Cotsen Collection. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2005-08-10 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Guerra, Dylan		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Education in the Earliest Schools 049 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P273839.

Education in the Earliest Schools 049 artifact entry (No. P273839). (2005, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273839

Education in the Earliest Schools 049 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273839 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Education in the Earliest Schools 049 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P273839.

Education in the Earliest Schools 049 artifact entry (No. P273839). (2005, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273839

Education in the Earliest Schools 049 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273839 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	year = {2005},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {Education in the {Earliest} {Schools} 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273839},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273839},
}

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