CDLI Tablet
Ur III dairies: 1
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-08-05
Pre-industrial production of dairy products and the contents of raw milk
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 10
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-08-04
This tablet contains a portion of the text known as “Goose and Raven,” a Sumerian fable from UCLA Library Special Collections.
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 9
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-08-03
An ancient encyclopedia from Mesopotamia, Ḫar-ra = ḫubullu is a series of twenty-four “books” that record many of the elements of Mesopotamian society—agricultural, anthropological, economic, legal, and religious—in both Sumerian and Akkadian.
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 8
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-08-02
This is a student’s doodle adorning a practice exercise for letter writing, dating from the Old Babylonian period (ca. 1900-1600 BC). It is from UCLA Library Special Collections, which contains a number of scribal school exercise tablets.
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 7
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-08-01
This text from UCLA Library Special Collections records the first twenty lines of a Sumerian scribal composition known as Schooldays. The tale highlights the exaggerated remembrance of the trials and tribulations of higher learning in 19th century Babylonia.
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 6
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-07-31
A lexical list recording the parts of the human body with their variations and medical afflictions ordered from head to toe. This large tablet is housed in UCLA Library Special Collections
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 5
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-07-30
A young scribe has finished his work, and has taken the time to doodle a picture of a human face with his fingernails.
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 4
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-07-29
A tablet in UCLA Library Special Collections, that compiles and records personal names that all begin with the element UR, a Sumerian word meaning "dog; servant, obedient one."
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 3
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-07-28
An Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) copy of the lexical list Lu-azlag, which means "fuller" in Sumerian. The list records aspects of human professions, mentalities, and states.
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 2
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-07-27
A multi-columned copy of the 3rd tablet of the series known as Ḫar-ra = ḫubullu, an encyclopedic lexical list from Mesopotamia that lists trees, bushes, and wooden items of various sorts. Part of the cuneiform collection of UCLA Library Special Collections.
The Cotsen Collection at UCLA: 1
Created by Wolfe, Jared N. on 2024-07-26
A four-sided prism containing the Kesh Temple Hymn, ca. 1800 BC. Today’s entry introduces a series of slides highlighting the Cotsen cuneiform texts in the UCLA Library Special Collections.
King Shulgi of Ur: 5
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-25
Letter to King Shulgi, Babylonia ca. 1722 BC. Shulgi, was the son of Ur-Nammu and an important king known from odes in later texts. He was the Maecenas (patron of arts) of the Sumerian language and promoted the canonization of Sumerian literature.
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