Texts, tablets, and teaching: scribal education in Nippur and Ur

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Cuneiform tablets and texts from archeological sites in the ancient city of Ur and Nippur provide valuable insight on Mesopotamia's history and literature. The most significant of the Ur findings are the lexical texts which provide knowledge on Mesopotamia's history, society and culture. Tablets and lexical texts from findings in Nippur provide insight on Mesopotamian literature. Some of these tablets contain details of schooling in ancient Mesopotamia.

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The resurrection of seven clay coffins from Nippur

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The Mesopotamian clay coffins from Nippur in the Penn Museum were originally discovered during the University of Pennsylvania's Babylonian Expeditions in the late 19th century (1889-1900). The coffins which were of three distinctive styles referred to as bathtub, trough, and slipper presented some of the greatest challenges to both the excavators in the field and to their restorer in the Museum.

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Unraveling threads; conservation of the weaving lady

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The restoration of a precolumbian figure found in Peru is discussed. This tiny doll was working at an A-frame loom supported by a tree with many woven leaves and seed pods. Provenience was probably the Late Chancay Period, or approximately 1000-1476 CE.

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