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AO 8295 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Louvre Museum, Paris)

Michel, Cécile; Schroer, Christian; Olbrich, Stephan; Ehteram, Samaneh; Beckert, Andreas; Schropp, Andreas; Pätzold, Philipp; Wiljes, Patrik; Bohn, Matthias; Döhrmann, Ralph; Pataï, Véronique

Written Artefact Metadata

Object type: Enveloped clay tablet
Material: Clay
Writing: Cuneiform writing
Language: Old Assyrian
Nature of the text: Loan contract
Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Period/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BC) (1st half of 2nd millennium)
Country of discovery: Türkiye
Dimensions: Height: 6.1 cm; Width: 5.9 cm; Depth: 2.1 cm
Museum/Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris, France,  Department of Oriental Antiquities
Museum number: AO 8295
Publication reference: TC 3,229
CDLI: TCL 21, 229 (P357795)

 

Translation of the tablet in the envelope

Enlil-bani has loaned 2/3 minas 2 2/3 shekels and
15 grains of refined silver¹ to Assur-malik, son of
Uzua. From the week of Iddin-Abum, month v, year
of Enna-Suen, son of Shu-Ishar², within five weeks
he will pay. If he has not paid, he will add as
interest half a shekel per mina and per month.
Witnesses: Shu-Belum, son of Kulumaya,
and Amur-Assur, son of Assur-tab.

¹ 15 grains of refined silver: about 340 g
² Weeks and years are named after people

 

Structure and data

Individual files:
Previews and 3D files

  • 000_AO8295_anim5b_small: Short animated GIF preview
  • 001_AO8295_anim5b: Longer animated GIF file, higher quality
  • 002_AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i2 Envelope: .glb file of the envelope
  • 003_AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i4 Letter: .glb file of the letter

00_Photos.zip:
Photos of enveloped Tablet front and back.

  • AO 8295_Louvre_Tablets_150
  • AO 8295-O_Louvre_Tablets_091

01_VolumeData.zip:
3D tomographic reconstruction of Tablet AO8295 volume data and example cross section visualisation.

  • reconstruction.nxs
  • reconstruction.h5
  • cross_section.jpg

02_Visualisations.zip:
Contains geometry files, internal format files (.exa) and visualisations as tif files.

  • AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25.exa
  • AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5.exa
  • AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_a64.exa
  • AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_a64_p2.ply
  • AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_a64_p4.ply
  • AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i2.ply
  • AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i4.ply
  • AO8295_anim5b.gif
  • AO8295_anim5b.mp4
  • AO8295_envelope_bottom.tif
  • AO8295_envelope_front.tif
  • AO8295_envelope_left.tif
  • AO8295_envelope_right.tif
  • AO8295_envelope_top.tif
  • AO8295_tablet_back.tif
  • AO8295_tablet_bottom.tif
  • AO8295_tablet_front.tif
  • AO8295_tablet_left.tif
  • AO8295_tablet_right.tif
  • AO8295_tablet_top.tif

03_Scripts.zip:
Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.

  • AO8295_anim5.bat
  • AO8295_anim5.sh
  • AO8295_anim5b.txt
  • AO8295_h5.sh

The research for this data set was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.
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002_AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i2 Envelope.glb
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003_AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i4 Letter.glb
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00_Photos.zip
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01_VolumeData.zip
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02_Visualisations.zip
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03_Scripts.zip
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Publication date:
August 6, 2024
DOI:
10.25592/uhhfdm.14776

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Written Artefact UWA Cluster of Excellence CSMC DESY RFA09 Artefact Profiling 3D X-Ray Tomography ENCI Cuneiform Clay tablet Assyriology Informatics Physics Louvre Museum Paris
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