Harvard Art Museums > 1983.109: 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"Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text , 1983.109,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/289672. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1983.109 Title 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/289672 Physical Descriptions Medium Clay Technique Impressed Dimensions 3.6 x 4.1 x 1.5 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 9/16 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 1983.109 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 Rectangular clay tablet with cuneiform writing. The tablet is inscribed on both sides with ruled lines of text written in the Old Assyrian dialect of the Akkadian language. There are no seal impressions. The tablet probably comes from the trading colony (karum) by the mound of Kültepe (ancient Kanesh) near Kaiseri in Cappadocia (central Anatolia). The surface of the tablet is very worn and much of the second half of the text, written on the edges of the tablet, is illegible. What is preserved records a debt (line 2: hubullum) of 2 1/2 minas and 8 1/2 shekels of silver, owed by Ikupi-Ishtar and states that the time for its repayment is up. 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
