Summary

This publication contains a replica of a historical clay tablet of the special collections of the VU University Library. The original tablet is an Old Akkadian school exercise to practice a year name.

Period: Ur III (c. 2150-2000 BCE).

Date: Shulgi 48.

Provenance: unknown.

Language: Sumerian.

Material: clay.

Dimensions: 2,2 x 2,9 x 1,0 cm.

Weight: 9,21 g.

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KU 030: 3D model of UR III clay tablet.

School. Writing exercise

Digital replicas of clay tablets from the VU special collections

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Publication date: July 1, 2025

Publisher: Object Based Teaching and learning Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Author: Linde Voorend Kim Dibbets

Discipline: Behaviour and Society

File type: Printable object

Type of Material: Visualization

Useable as: Fragment

Language: English

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