Summary

This publication contains a replica of a historical clay tablet of the special collections of the VU University Library. The original tablet is inscribed with Old Babylonian signs. Its purpose and content remain unclear.

Period: Old Babylonian (c. 19th-16th centuries BCE).

Provenance: unknown.

Language: Sumerian.

Personal names: Abi-turi.

Material: clay.

Dimensions: ± 0,9 cm Ø.

Weight: 1.45 g.

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KU 001: 3D model of clay tablet

Ball with cuneiform. Type unknown

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: Aidan Houtkamp Linde Voorend

Consortium: Object Based Teaching and learning

Discipline: Behaviour and Society Language and Communication

File type: Printable object

Type of Material: Visualization

Useable as: Fragment

Language: English

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