Scheil dynastic tablet

The Scheil dynastic tablet is an ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform text containing a variant form of the Sumerian King List.^[1]^[2]

Discovery

The tablet came into possession of the Assyriologist Jean-Vincent Scheil in 1911, having bought it from a private collection in France. The tablet when purchased was reported to have been unearthed from Susa. Scheil translated the tablet in 1911.^[3]^[4] The tablet dates to the early 2nd millennium BC.

He obtained another document, a rather damaged prism similar to the Weld-Blundell Prism, which he translated in 1934, and completed using information from the 1911 tablet and other known documents.^[5]

The 1911 tablet is currently owned by the British Museum, but is not on display.^[6]^[7]

References

^ S. Langdon, "The Early Chronology of Sumer and Egypt and the Similarities in Their Culture", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 17, No. 3/4, Oct., 1921, p. 133. JSTOR
^ Albert Kirk Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles (Eisenbrauns, 2000), p. 268.
^ Scheil, Vincent (1911). "Les plus anciennes dynasties connues de Sumer-Accad". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 55 (8): 606–620.
^ Scheil, Vincent (1911). "Une nouvelle dynastie suméro-accadienne. Les rois " Guti "". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 55 (4): 318–327. doi:10.3406/crai.1911.72837.
^ Scheil, Vincent (1934). ""Liste susienne des dynasties de Sumer-Accad"". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 31 (4): 149–166. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23284080.
^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
^ "British Museum (BM 108857)". The British Museum.

[1] S. Langdon, "The Early Chronology of Sumer and Egypt and the Similarities in Their Culture", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 17, No. 3/4, Oct., 1921, p. 133. JSTOR

[2] Albert Kirk Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles (Eisenbrauns, 2000), p. 268.

[3] Scheil, Vincent (1911). "Les plus anciennes dynasties connues de Sumer-Accad". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 55 (8): 606–620.

[4] Scheil, Vincent (1911). "Une nouvelle dynastie suméro-accadienne. Les rois " Guti "". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 55 (4): 318–327. doi:10.3406/crai.1911.72837.

[5] Scheil, Vincent (1934). ""Liste susienne des dynasties de Sumer-Accad"". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 31 (4): 149–166. ISSN 0373-6032. JSTOR 23284080.

[6] "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.

[7] "British Museum (BM 108857)". The British Museum.

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