Title

Tablet, Old Babylonian, c1800-1600BC. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Tablet, Old Babylonian, c1800-1600BC. Astronomical Tablet showing the risings and settings of Venus. cuneiform script. Dimensions: height: 7.5 cmwidth: 9 cmthickness: 2.8 cm//Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Date

1800 BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Reference

HRM19E78_345

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

90,5Mb (3,9Mb) / 20,3in x 17,3in / 6083 x 5198 (300dpi)

Keywords

city close up complexity country planet science solar system astronomy color colour tablet location century image complex studio shot concept script Venus close-up Iraq Iraqi cuneiform Ancient city 17th century BC 18th century BC Babylonia Babylonian Mesopotamia Old Babylonian object Unknown ceramic Kish astronomical table cuniform Ashmolean Museum Tell Uhaymir Tell Uhaimir ceramic object