Mesopotamian Inscribed Scientific Tablet

Attribution:

This inscribed terracotta tablet is an example of the application of Mesopotamian lexical literature to the field of science, which often manifested itself in the form of scholarly catalogues that worked on a simple level as lists of genres or species of plants or substances. They were also used as more elaborate lists of symptoms of disease. However this artefact is an example of a list of substances.

Origin & Collection

On display at:

The Louvre

Reference Number:

AO 17661

Physical properties

Materials:

Clay

Images

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