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Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III

(Cuneiform tablet no. 21a)

(Transcription of cuneiform tablet no. 21a)

(Drawing of cuneiform tablet no. 21a)

Inscribed brick

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Shalmanassar III (858-824 B.C.)

NOTES
The brick is in two pieces, the two of which may not even belong together. The brick is carelessly incised, with chicken-foot shaped signs, unlined, reddish on back. Lines 2-4 read as follows: "nu MAN SU MAN KUR as-sur A as-sur / é? NU MAN SU MAN as-sur / MAN MAN SU MAN"

SUBJECT
Akkadian language--Texts.
Calah (Extinct city)
Cuneiform tablets.
Drehem (Extinct city)
Gods, Assyro-Babylonian.
Gods, Sumerian.
Gudea, of Lagash.
Iraq--Antiquities--Specimens.
Sumerian language--Texts.
Sumerians--Commerce.
Sumerians--Economic conditions.
Sumerians--Education.
Sumerians--Religion.
Sumerians--Rites and ceremonies.

RELATED NAMES
Collector: Minassian, Kirkor

MEDIUM
29 cm long x 15 ½ cm high.

CALL NUMBER
No. 21a

PART OF
Cuneiform Tablet Collection

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, African and Middle Eastern Division, Washington, D.C. 20540

DIGITAL ID
amcune cf0021a http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cf0021a
amcune cp0021a http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cp0021a
amcune cs0021a http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cs0021a

RELATED ITEMS
(Unknown: inscribed brick)

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