Education in the Earliest Schools 170 (P388373)

Letter 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

SC 1, 020

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) c. 1800
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P388373
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P388373

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
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	SC 1, 020
Accession Number	40720

References

primary: Education in the Earliest Schools, no. 170

[Wilson2008Education] Wilson, Mark. 2008. Education in the Earliest Schools. Cuneiform Manuscripts in the Cotsen Collection. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press.
citation: RA 102 (pp. 49-70), 053

[Veldhuis2008RA102] Veldhuis, Niek. 2008. “Old Babylonian Documents in the Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 102: 49–70. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23281368.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-06-18 at 13:57:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2009-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Spada, Gabriella; Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Education in the Earliest Schools 170 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P388373.

Education in the Earliest Schools 170 artifact entry (No. P388373). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388373 (Original work published 2009)

Education in the Earliest Schools 170 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388373 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Education in the Earliest Schools 170 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P388373.

Education in the Earliest Schools 170 artifact entry (No. P388373). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388373 (Original work published 2009)

Education in the Earliest Schools 170 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388373 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Education in the {Earliest} {Schools} 170 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388373},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388373},
}

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