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Tablet of Sin-Kashid
1865-1833 BCE (Old Babylonian)
clay, impressed
(Ancient Near East )
(Ancient Near East )
This clay tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces and a building inscription of Sin-Kashid of Uruk. This tablet bears the same inscription as 48.1804, a cone of Sin-Kashid.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
Measurements
H: 2 3/8 x W: 1 7/8 in. (6 x 4.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1941
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1805