File:Sumerian 26th c Adab.jpg
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Summary
Schøyen Collection MS 3029. Sumerian inscription on a creamy stone plaque, 9.2 x 9.2 x 1.2 cm, 6+6 columns, 120 compartments of archaic monumental cuneiform script by an expert scribe.
The image is a detail, showing about half of one face of the plaque.
The text is a list of "gifts from the High and Mighty of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adab" class="extiw" title="w:Adab">Adab</a> to the High Priestess, on the occasion of her election to the temple".
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current | 22:34, 3 January 2017 | ![]() | 556 × 576 (105 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Schøyen Collection MS 3029. Sumerian inscription on a creamy stone plaque, 9.2 x 9.2 x 1.2 cm, 6+6 columns, 120 compartments of archaic monumental cuneiform script by an expert scribe. <p>The image is a detail, showing about half of one face of the plaque. </p> The text is a list of "gifts from the High and Mighty of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adab" class="extiw" title="w:Adab">Adab</a> to the High Priestess, on the occasion of her election to the temple". |
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- 4th millennium BC
- Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
- Cuneiform
- History of communication
- History of the world
- Portal:Ancient Near East/Key topic
- Portal:Language/Picture of the month/November 2006
- Recorded history
- Sumerian language
- Portal:Ancient Near East/Key topic
- Portal:Language/Picture of the month/November 2006