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Art of the First Cities
Writing: Mesopotamia

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Cuneiform prism with the Sumerian King List, ca. 1740 B.C.; Old Babylonian period. Mesopotamia. Cuneiform inscription in Sumerian. Clay; H. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); W. 9.1 cm (3 5/8 in.). Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford AN 1923.444.