CDLI Tablet

Erlenmeyer archaic: 9
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-12
Proto-cuneiform grain management account (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York)

Erlenmeyer archaic: 8
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-11
Proto-cuneiform grain management account (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Land Berlin, Germany; on permanent loan to the Vorderasiatisches Museum)

Erlenmeyer archaic: 7
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-10
Proto-cuneiform breweries management account (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Schøyen Collection, Norway)

Erlenmeyer archaic: 6
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-09
Proto-cuneiform breweries management account (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Land Berlin, Germany; on permanent loan to the Vorderasiatisches Museum)

Erlenmeyer archaic: 5
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-08
Proto-cuneiform bakery account (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Bolaffi Collection, Turin, Italy)

Erlenmeyer archaic: 4
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-07
Detail shots of a proto-cuneiform bakery account (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Land Berlin, Germany; on permanent loan to the Vorderasiatisches Museum)

Erlenmeyer archaic: 3
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-06
Proto-cuneiform bakery account (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Land Berlin, Germany; on permanent loan to the Vorderasiatisches Museum)

Erlenmeyer archaic: 2
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-05
Proto-cuneiform model grain management account (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Land Berlin, Germany; on permanent loan to the Vorderasiatisches Museum)

Erlenmeyer archaic: 1
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-04
Proto-cuneiform account from grain management (Uruk III period, ca. 3200-3000 BC; owner: Land Berlin, Germany; on permanent loan to the Vorderasiatisches Museum)

Cuneiform building plans: 6
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-03
Clay tablet dating to the Ur III period (ca. 2050 BC) located in the Semitic Museum, Harvard University (SM 1913.02.183). The text’s drawing and inscription appear to register the building lot of an official named Lu-mah.

Cuneiform building plans: 5
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-02
Statue B of Gudea (ca. 2100 BC) depicts the Sumerian ruler seated on a throne, a contruction plan for his restoration work on the great city temple “House-of-Fifty: White-Thunderbird” on his lap. Excavated at Telloh, ancient Girsu, and located in the Louvre Museum, Paris (AO 2).

Cuneiform building plans: 4
Created by Englund, Robert K. on 2024-07-01
House plan from the Ur III period (ca. 2050 BC) located in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (VAT 7031). The drawing represents a traditional central-court style private home.