Tablet

CBS7771

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Warka (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number CBS7771
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Warka (uncertain)
Period Old Babylonian Period
Date Made 1900-1600 BCE
Section Babylonian
Materials Clay
Iconography Gilgamesh
Inscription Language Akkadian Language
Description

Literary text. (Gilgamesh Epic nn, CDLI Composite: Q002873.nn). See CDLI for transliteration info and line art (hand drawing of inscription). CBS Register: Sippar. Nearly complete 3 col. tablet. Dark brown. Old Babylonian. Second tablet of Gilgamesh Epic.

"Gilgamesh P"

Height 18.5 cm
Width 16.5 cm
Depth 2.4 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1917
Other Number P262784 - CDLI Number | B7771 - Old Museum Number | CBS 07771 - Other Number

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