Harvard Art Museums > 1983.100: Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text Tablets Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text , 1983.100,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/289211. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1983.100 Title Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text Classification Tablets Work Type tablet Date c. 1900-1750 BCE Period Bronze Age, Middle Culture Assyrian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/289211 Physical Descriptions Medium Clay Technique Impressed Dimensions 4.9 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Nanette Rodney Kelekian, New York, formerly in the possession of her father Charles Dikran Kelekian; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1983. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney Accession Year 1983 Object Number 1983.100 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Fragment of clay tablet with cuneiform writing. The fragment is inscribed with ruled lines of text written in the Old Assyrian dialect of Akkadian. This fragment represents the lower left corner of a tablet with written lines partially preserved on lower edge, left edge and reverse surface. The obverse is almost completely missing and no seal impressions are preserved. The tablet probably comes from the trading colony (karum) by the mound of Kültepe (ancient Kanesh) near Kaiseri in Cappadocia (central Anatolia). Much of the text is missing, but what can be read seems to be a caravan account, describing the transport of goods in Anatolia. The text mentions various quantities of different types of textiles (rev. line 1, Akkadian šurum-textiles; rev. lines 3 and 9, kutanu-textile) as well as different amounts of silver, perhaps representing the price(s) of the textiles. A large quantity of metal, maybe tin, is also mentioned (rev. lines 6-7). The only name preserved is one Šalim-ahum, a common choice of personal name in this period. IMAGE: Bottom row, first on left. Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
