Letters

A Digital Monograph

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s1 - A5.126 - Scribal exercise(?)

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s2 - A7.429 - Scribal exercise

Commentary: Portion of a lenticular tablet, which is the expected shape of a scribal exercise, possibly a list of personal names starting with the element ur-. School-boy calligraphy, repetition of the same sign, and size of the stylus also point to this interpretation.

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s3 - A17.q133.1 - Scribal exercise(?)

Commentary: Lenticular piece of clay with lot of impurities in it, possibly a school exercise. The flat side is uninscribed, the other shows deep scratches.

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s4 - A18.q536.1 - Scribal exercise(?)

Commentary: Lenticular piece of burnished clay with many  impurities in it, possibly a scribal exercise. The flat side is uninscribed, the other one shows a set of deep scratches.

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s5 - A1.161 - Stylus test

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s6 - A1.278 - Stylus test(?)

Commentary: Burnished fragment of a tablet, with stylus impressions arranged in an incomprehensible way, possibly a stylus test. The stylus section seems slightly larger than the usual one for the Akkadian period.

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s7 - A1.q999.27 - Stylus test(?)

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s8 - A1.q1021.4 - Stylus test(?)

Commentary: Two horizontal lines, possibly belonging to line division, with deep impression at the end. Possibly a stylus test.

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s9 - A1.q1062.3 - Stylus test

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s10 - A5.q819.1 - Stylus test

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s11 - A6.q623.1 - Stylus test

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s12 - A7.324.1 - Stylus test(?)

Commentary: Fragment of clay with incomprehesible impressions on one side, the other side is destroyed.