Category:Tablet of pre-cuneiform writing-AO 19936

**Tablet of pre-cuneiform writing**
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Instance of	tablet;
Made from material	limestone;
Location	Room 236, Richelieu Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Location of discovery	Babylonia;
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	AO 19936 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	4th millennium BC (end of);
Width	4.3 cm;
Length	4.5 cm;
Height	4.5 cm;
Horizontal depth	2.4 cm;
Authority file
	Q112288141; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010120679
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Tablet of pre-cuneiform writing-AO 19936

Title

Tablet of pre-cuneiform writing

Object type

Description

List of names on a log of employees (?). The sign akin to a sylicised hand represents the office or civil servant to whom they refer.

Date

late 4^th millennium BC

Medium

Dimensions

length: 4.5 cm (1.7 in)

; height: 4.5 cm (1.7 in)

; width: 4.3 cm (1.6 in)

; depth: 2.4 cm (0.9 in)

; thickness: 2.4 cm (0.9 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat