Sumerian cuneiform tablets
Overview
Cuneiform tablets from the ancient Sumerian civilization of Mesopotamia, including receipts, records of legal matters, and other inscriptions.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 2112-529 BCE
Language of Materials
Sumerian; Akkadian
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 box (10 tablets)
Physical Location
MS Q4
Other Finding Aids
See the attached for a detailed list by numbered section and item: ksrl.sc.cuneiformtablets.pdf. Transcription and translation by Professor Tom B. Jones, U. of Minnesota.
Note: The short list contains in addition the original descriptions of Edgar J. Banks; but these often differ markedly from Jones' more recent descriptions.
Page 18 of the PDF document is a diagram of the box.
Another copy of the short list, and of the box-diagram, is laid in the large compartment in the box.
Custodial History
10 tablets bought from Edgar J. Banks, ca. 1915. 1 tablet from the estate of Kate I. Hansen, received 1969.
Bibliography
- Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform texts in the collection of the World Heritage Museum of the University of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1972-
Processing Information
Box made by wlm in 1972.
- Title
- Guide to the Cuneiform Tablets Collection
- Subtitle
- Sumerian Cuneiform Tablets
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, March 6, 1973. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2005. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2022.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7576791848
- Preferred citation
-
Sumerian cuneiform tablets, Department of Special Collections, MS Q4, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository