Pictographic Tablet
date
about 3100 BCE-3000 BCE
creation place
Asia, Iraq, Sumer
medium & support
Formed terracotta with incised markings
measurements
1 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in. (2.69 x 3.33 x 0.64 cm)
credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan J. Berk
accession number
2011.021.018
keywords
accessories, clay, clay tablet, culture, human being, ideographic script, information artifact, information form, learning, letter (character), nationality, occupations, pictograph, pictorial script, prehistory, race (human), science, society, stone, stone tablet, tablet, writing accessories, writing surface, writing tablet
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