Harvard Art Museums > 1983.102: Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter Tablets Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter , 1983.102,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/289655. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1983.102 Title Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter Classification Tablets Work Type tablet Date c. 1900-1750 BCE Period Bronze Age, Middle Culture Assyrian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/289655 Physical Descriptions Medium Clay Technique Impressed Dimensions 6.2 x 3.5 x 0.9 cm (2 7/16 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Nanette Rodney Kelekian, New York, formerly in the possession of her father Charles Dikran Kelekian; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1983. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney Accession Year 1983 Object Number 1983.102 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Fragment of clay tablet with cuneiform writing. The fragment is inscribed with ruled lines of text written in the Old Assyrian dialect of the Akkadian language. The fragment represents the upper right corner and most of right half of the obverse of the tablet. The reverse is completely missing and there are no seal impressions preserved. The tablet probably comes from the trading colony (karum) by the mound of Kültepe (ancient Kanesh) near Kaiseri in Cappadocia (central Anatolia). Very little of the text is legible but the first two lines indicate a standard letter formula. The sender of the letter is Waqqurtum ("precious one"), which is known to be the nickname of the daughter of the well-known merchant Pushu-Ken. The recipient's name is half broken, but may be Puzur-Assur. IMAGE: Middle row, middle fragment. Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
