Babylonian Gudea (Dedication or Foundation) Clay Nail
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Babylonian Gudea (Dedication or Foundation) Clay Nail
Babylonian2350 BCE
Clay
6 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 3/32 in. (16.8 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2009.18.19
Acquisition Date:
1951
Geography:
Asia, Iraq, Tello
(Girsu)
Classification:
Ceremonial and Performance Artifacts
Culture/Nationality:
Babylonian
Keywords
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- Babylonian - Refers to the style and culture of the region of Babylonia in southern Mesopotamia, beginning with the unification of the area in the early 2nd millennium BCE and lasting through the first millennium BCE.
- cuneiform - Script originally developed for the Sumerian language in the 3rd millennium BCE, consisting of characters made in clay with a wedge-shaped stylus.
- Mesopotamian - Refers to the culture that developed in the geographic area of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, from the mountains of Asia Minor to the Persian Gulf, includes part of modern Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey.
- Sumerian - Refers to the style and culture of the area of southern Mesopotamia known as Sumer, now in modern Iraq, from at least 3500 to about 2000 BCE.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Timecraft: (Re)defining the Past and Freeing the Future Bryn Mawr College , Nov 10, 2023 – Jun 3, 2024
- Fragmentary Excess: Text, Body, Receptacle Bryn Mawr College , Nov 3, 2017 – Dec 1, 2017
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