All tablets · Sumerian Book

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Assyrian Cuneiform Script - 36424080021

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian Cuneiform Script - 36424080021 Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com. Limestone memorial stele or tab

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Babylonian exercise tablet

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: School exercise tablet from Babylon. Here students copy text in cuneiform. Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Babylonian tablet with administrative text

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet containing administrative text. Babylon, 2000 - 1600BC. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Babylonian tablet with envelope

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet with envelope, Babylon 200 - 1600 BC. The envelope has been broken, so the tablet inside is visible. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Babylonian tablet with envelope, side view

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet with envelope, Babylon 200 - 1600 BC. The envelope has been broken, so the tablet inside is visible. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

BM; ANE - RM 55, Cuneiform Tablets Display.1 cropped

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: clay tablet with cuneiform script : K.7592,

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

British Museum Flood Tablet 1

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: "The Flood Tablet. This is perhaps the most famous of all cuneiform tablets. It is the eleventh tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic, and describes how the gods sent a flood to destroy the world. Like Noah, U

Religion & Myth

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Clay tablet. Counting board, the archaic cuneiform sign "DUG" (vessel) appears. From Uruk, Iraq. End of the 4th millennium BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. Counting board; the archaic cuneiform sign "DUG" (vessel) appears. From Uruk, Iraq. End of the 4th millennium BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Clay tablet. Dimensions of the Temples of Esagila and Ezida at Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. 8th-7th century BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. Dimensions of the Temples of Esagila and Ezida at Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. 8th-7th century BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform clay tablet to the merchant Ea-Nasir, complaining about delivery of the wrong grade of copper. c. 1750 BC. Currently in the British Museum.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir 2020

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform clay tablet to the merchant Ea-Nasir, complaining about delivery of the wrong grade of copper. BM 131236 https://www.archibab.fr/T12972 (consulté le 24/02/2023) c. 1750 BCE. Currently in the

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Covenant tablets

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: cuneiform inscriptions. these are the initial words of the ten commandments. every word is compiled by the appropriate cuneiform syllables. the first word in the right column is hi-nu-a, it is the heb

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform A variations

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Two versions of the cuneiform A. Based on the tablet A7786 of the Oriental Institute of Chicago.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform ayab

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform: a-i-a-ab. King of Aštartu.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform legal tablet in case from Aleppo

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet from Alalakh still in clay envelope. Dated 1720 BC.

Law

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform medical clay tablet. Wellcome L0000803

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform medical clay tablet. Wellcome Images Keywords: Materia Medica

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform script2

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform script2

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- a abzu-mu, balag MET ME86 11 346

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Parthian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet A - DPLA - ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f (page 1)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet A - DPLA - ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f (page 2)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet A - DPLA - ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f (page 3)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet A - DPLA - ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f (page 4)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet A - DPLA - ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f (page 5)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet A - DPLA - ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f (page 6)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin-Ishtar MET 86.11.286a 286b 529

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Seleucid or Parthian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin-Ishtar MET DP109172

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Seleucid or Parthian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- abzu pe-el-la-am, balag to Enki MET ME86 11 347

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Parthian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- administrative document, Esangila archive MET VSS86 11 559

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Parthian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- administrative memorandum MET ME62 85 2

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- agreement regarding disposition of slaves, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 10

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- almanac for A.D. 31-32 MET ME86 11 354

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Parthian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet (AM 1954.22.1-4)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Fragment of brick- triangular shaped; incised figures on face between parallel lines. Babylon.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet (AM 1954.22.1-5)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Fragment of brick- triangular shaped; incised figures on face between parallel lines. Babylon.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet (AM 1968.20-4)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Fragment of clay tablet with cuneiform script. Sumerian

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet (AM 1968.20-5)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Fragment of clay tablet with cuneiform script. Sumerian

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet-AO 28363-P5280495-black

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 fr). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform tablet-AO 28363-P5280495-black

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet B - DPLA - 430332ed96a65a68ee128c4c814132a2 (page 1)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet B - DPLA - 430332ed96a65a68ee128c4c814132a2 (page 2)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet B - DPLA - 430332ed96a65a68ee128c4c814132a2 (page 3)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet B - DPLA - 430332ed96a65a68ee128c4c814132a2 (page 4)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet B - DPLA - 430332ed96a65a68ee128c4c814132a2 (page 5)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet B - DPLA - 430332ed96a65a68ee128c4c814132a2 (page 6)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- balag colophon fragment MET ME86 11 300

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Parthian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- balag MET ME86 11 279

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Seleucid or Parthian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- blanket allocation list, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 510 110

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal in Anatolian style MET me 1977 371

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with five cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.21b- court deposition MET ME66 245 21b

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.15a- quittance MET DP-13441-007

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 86.11.214a- field rental MET ME86 11 214b

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals MET ME66 245 23

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Writing & Literature