Title

Sumerian King List Prism, Isin-Larsa period, c2004BC-c1595 BC. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Prism, Isin-Larsa period. King List prism; Sumerian, c2004BC-c1595 BC. Written in cuneiform script, runs in two columns on each of the four sides of the prism list of the Sumerian and Akkadian rulers from 'before the Flood' and then from about 3200-1800 BC to King Sin-magir of Isin (1827-1817 BC). Dimension: height: 20 cmlength: 9.1 cm//Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Date

2004 BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Reference

HRM19E80_202

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77,2Mb (4,8Mb) / 15,0in x 20,0in / 4500 x 5994 (300dpi)

Keywords

close up politics country color colour tablet column pillar pillars inscription location century image bronze age studio shot clay prism script close-up Iraq Iraqi cuneiform inscribed 17th century BC 18th century BC 19th century BC akkad Akkadian Mesopotamia Mesopotamian Sumer Sumerian object Unknown ceramic cuniform Mesopotamien Ashmolean Museum Isin-Larsa King List Suen-magir King Sin-magir Sin-magir Suen-magir ceramic object