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Weld-Blundell Prism
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ancient prism inscribed with Sumerian kings
Described at
SUMERIAN KING LIST | Ashmolean Museum
This clay prism is one of the most important records from ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Each of the four sides is inscribed with two columns of cuneiform (wedge-like) script recording the Sumerian language.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- inscription
- Material used
- clay
- Collection
- Ashmolean Museum
- Image
- Sumeriankinglist.jpg
- Height
- 20
- Width
- 9
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- inventory number
- AN1923.444
- language of work or name
- Sumerian
- described at URL
- www.ashmolean.org/sumerian-king-list
- location of creation
- Larsa
- location of discovery
- Larsa
- inception
- 1820-00-00
- exemplar of
- Sumerian King List
- Commons category
- Weld-Blundell Prism
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