Weld-Blundell Prism
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The Weld-Blundell Prism is a clay cuneiform artifact from ancient Mesopotamia that preserves the most complete surviving version of the Sumerian King List, detailing legendary and historical rulers.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sumerian King List manuscript
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ancient Mesopotamian artifact ⓘ clay artifact ⓘ cuneiform tablet ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 1800 BCE ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Mesopotamian kingship ideology
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flood narrative framework ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Sumerian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | mythical antediluvian kings to historical dynasties ⓘ |
| city | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsText | Sumerian King List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Ashmolean Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | early second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| describedAs | most complete surviving version of the Sumerian King List ⓘ |
| donatedBy | Herbert Weld-Blundell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| donationDate | 1923 ⓘ |
| function |
historiographical record
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royal list ⓘ |
| genre | king list ⓘ |
| includes |
antediluvian kings
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historical rulers ⓘ legendary rulers ⓘ postdiluvian kings ⓘ |
| inscriptionTechnique | incised with reed stylus ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | royal inscription ⓘ |
| language | Sumerian ⓘ |
| material | clay ⓘ |
| museumInventory | Ashmolean Museum AN1923.444 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Herbert Weld-Blundell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSides | 4 ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| records |
lengths of reigns
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locations of kingship ⓘ names of Sumerian kings ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | inscribed on all four sides ⓘ |
| scriptType | wedge-shaped signs ⓘ |
| shape | four-sided prism ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for early Mesopotamian chronology
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primary witness to Sumerian King List tradition ⓘ |
| stateOfPreservation | well preserved ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Ancient Near Eastern history
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Assyriology ⓘ |
| writingMedium | baked clay ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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