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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.256.6
Title
Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Hittite Festival Text
Classification
Tablets
Work Type
tablet
Date
1300-1200 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Anatolia
Period
Hittite Empire period
Culture
Hittite
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288963

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Clay
Technique
Impressed
Dimensions
6.3 x 5 x 1.4 cm (2 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.256.6
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Roughly triangular fragment probably originally from a significantly larger tablet; three paragraph divisions (blank lines running across the tablet) are visible.

Verification Level

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