Context (Other owners)
Originally part of the [Vernon] Crowther Beynon collection at Leicester Museum and bought by him at Sotheby's.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink: 'D.2'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '27'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Auction / Sale)
Purchased from Leicester Museum in April 1951.
Event Date 4/1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: '... small tablet with cuneiform inscription...
B: Damaged, inscribed on one main face and on one edge'
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Loan (Other)
Faculty of Oriental Studies/Department of Archaeology, 01/01/1978 to 19/11/2018, Historic loan of cuneiform tablets to the Faculty of Oriental Studies which was ultimately transferred to the Department of Archaeology, presumably for teaching purposes. See Historic Notes field.
Event Date 1/1/1978
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
1952.359 A-B currently share a single record on the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative, CDLI no. P382222. Their shared record identifies the language as Akkadian and the period as tentatively Neo-Assyrian (c 911-612 BC), whereas it had previously been c 1900 BC. These details have been incorporated into the Description and Period fields.
Event Date 30/11/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Cuneiform tablet of grey clay. Roughly square with flared corners; damaged on reverse. Akkadian inscription on obverse and inscription or impression along one edge.
Event Date 30/11/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)