The One Hundred Most Important Cuneiform Objects

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The One Hundred Most Important Cuneiform Objects

 

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The One Hundred Most Important Cuneiform Objects

The Late 4th Millennium BC

The Early Dynastic Period I-II (ca. 2900-2700)

The Early Dynastic Period IIIa (ca. 2600-2500)

Pre-Sargonic period / ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340)

Old Akkadian period (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Lagash II dynasty (ca. 2150-2100 BC)

Ur III Period (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Early Old Babylonian Period (ca. 2000-1800 BC)

Old Assyrian Period (ca. 2000-1800 BC)

Late Old Babylonian Period (ca 1800-1595 BC)

Middle Babylonian period (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Middle Assyrian period (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Neo-Babylonian period

Neo-Assyrian period

The Persian and Seleucid Periods

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"Inspired by the BBC's A History of the Wold in 100 Objects we list in the following the one hundred most iconic inscribed objects from the Ancient Near East that we think define the field. The objects are presented initially with very short descriptions and bibliographies. We do not list compositions, but rather unique objects, such as the Gudea Cylinders, or Sargon's Letter to Ashur. Assyriologists often mention key objects that inspire them or define their work, or that they believe to rank high on the list of humanity's most important cultural heritage objects, we hope that this list will help both to create debate about these objects, highlight the importance of cultural heritage protection, and broaden the appeal of the field. We share one object on our list with that of MacGregor from the BM, the Flood Tablet. The early writing samples we list include a spectacular early Iranian tablet today in the Louvre, another key-text, from Jemdat Nasr recording field allotments to high ranking members of society, today in the Ashmolean Museum, and an extraordinary example of the early intellectual exploits of man, a mathematical exercise tablet from Uruk, today in Germany."

 

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