Cuneiform Tablets, 2500 - 1700 BCE
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 28.00 items 3 boxes
- Language:
- Sumerian Akkadian
- Preferred citation:
Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/mss_2016-002
Background
- Scope and content:
Twenty-eight clay tablets with text in cuneiform script, dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur, the Old Babylonian period, the reign of Sîn-kasid, and Neo-Babylonian period. Known geographical sources include Umma, Puzris-Dagan, Girsu, and Uruk.
Digital photographs of all items in this collection are available on the FSU Digital Library: Cuneiform Tablet Collection
- Custodial history:
Obtained by Edgar James Banks in Babylonia prior to 1922. Purchased from Banks by Prof. Josiah B. Game of Tallahassee in 1922 or later, and subsequently donated by Game to the Florida State College by for Women.
- Arrangement:
unarranged
- Physical facet:
- total collection extent
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Commerce--History.
Agriculture--History
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers. Items are available upon request in the Special Collections Research Center, Strozier Library. https://www.lib.fsu.edu/special-collections/visit
Items are fragile. Handling should be minimal, careful, and gloved.
- Terms of access:
Works in this collection are in the public domain in the United States. Any user may copy, distribute, display, or broadcast them without restriction.
- Preferred citation:
Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/mss_2016-002
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
