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1. Cuneiform cone

Museum number:: 9-1776
Culture or time period:: Lagash II (ca. 2200–2100 BC)
Object class:: Clay nails (information artifacts) and Cuneiform (script)
Function:: 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Collector:: Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection place:: Babylonia (ancient region), Iraq
Collection date:: before 1930

2. Cuneiform cylinder

Museum number:: 9-1787
Culture or time period:: Neo-Babylonian (636–539 BC)
Object class:: Cuneiform (script)
Collector:: Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection place:: Mesopotamia
Collection date:: before 1930

3. Cuneiform tablet

Museum number:: 9-2870
Culture or time period:: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400–1000 BC)
Object class:: Cuneiform (script) and Tablets (information artifacts)
Collector:: Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection place:: Nuzi (ancient city), Iraq