Tablet Collection (page 2)

Writing tablets, 1690-1700, (1881). Creator: W Harbutt
Writing tablets, 1690-1700, (1881). Etching of ivory tablets with gilded silver cover, made by J C Schmidt in Augsburg, Germany, in the late 17th century

Moses and the Israelites Idolatry. Creator: N v d Linden
Moses and the Israelites Idolatry. Scene from the Old Testament: Moses breaks the tablets in a rage after the Israelites worship the Statue of the Golden Calf

Tablet on a house over Bull Head Court, Newgate Street, City of London, 1840. Artist
Tablet on a house over Bull Head Court, Newgate Street, City of London, 1840. The tablet depicts King Charles porter and dwarf

Memorial in St Brides Church, Fleet Street, City of London, 1821. Artist: W Jeffreys
Memorial in St Brides Church, Fleet Street, City of London, 1821. Tablet in St Bride in remembrance of Robert Wells (1728-1794), his wife Mary (1728-1805) and son William Charles Wells (1757-1817)

Montage of images with St Pauls, c1855. Artist: Jules Louis Arnout
Montage of images with St Pauls, c1855. An unusual composition showing a quay with an anchor and a carved tablet in the foreground

Exodus 34: 1-10: Moses receives the second tablets with the Ten Commandments. Artist
Exodus 34:1-10: Moses receives the second tablets with the Ten Commandments. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

Peking, c1930s
Peking. In the grounds of the Hall of Classics are tablets on which are carved extracts of Chinese ethics and philosophy, c1930s. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 5

Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape, c1525. Artist: Dosso Dossi
Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape, c1525. The painting is part of the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Ivory tablet, 11th century (1882-1884). Artist: Tamisier
Ivory tablet, 11th century (1882-1884). A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Ancient Tablet, Near Holborn Bridge, London, 19th century. Artist: James Tingle
Ancient tablet, near Holborn Bridge, London, 19th century. Tablet showing a figure on a horse with an animal crouched underneath

The Stela of Amenophis III, Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Stela of Amenophis III, Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. This enormous stela, hewn out of black granite, is ten feet three inches high, five feet four inches wide, and thirteen inches thick

A tablet outside Herods Temple, Jerusalem, forbidding strangers to enter, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought

Moses, 1926. Artist: Frederic Shields
Moses, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London, 1926)

Stele of the Royal Scribe Ipi, middle of the 14th century BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Gallo-Roman stone tablet. Artist: R Guillemot
Gallo-Roman stone tablet

The Adoration of the Trinity (The Landauer Altarpiece), 1511. Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Adoration of the Trinity (The Landauer Altarpiece), 1511. This picture shows the Holy Trinity in glory, worshipped by all the saints

Clay Cuneiform Tablet. 7th century BC. From Nineveh, Astrological Omens concerning Public Affairs. British Museum

The forlorn scholar. This petition, in the form of a letter to the king Ashurbanipal, was written by Artist: Urad-Gula
The forlorn scholar, Petition in letter form, to king Ashurbanipal, c7th century BC. Written by Urad-Gula, the chief scribe

Roman Stylus, (original) and wax tablet, (reconstructed), c2nd century

Detail of an early Sumerian stone tablet
Detail of Sumerian stone tablet with some of the oldest characters found on stone, from early Babylonia. From the British Museums collection

The Sumerian Blau Tablet, 30th century BC
The Blau Tablet, a Sumerian tablet with archaic characters that are almost the oldest found on stone, from the British Museums collection, 30th century BC

Cuneiform tablet barley rations, 1st Dynasty of Lagash, about 2350-2200 BC
Cuneiform tablet recording barley rations, 1st Dynasty of Lagash, about 2350-2200 BC, from Tello (ancient Girsu), southern Iraq

Hittite clay envelope to hold a letter on a clay tablet, 18th century
Hittite clay envelope to hold a letter on a clay tablet from Kanesk, Turkey. The envelope is impressed with a seal. It contained a letter from Ena-Suen to Laqipim and Shamash Damiq, 18th century

Inscribed tablet of Kilamuwa, King of Sam al in Aramaic. From the Pergamon Museums collection in Berlin

Lead tablet from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona, c. 4th century BC
Lead tablet from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona. Some of the Korkyrians and Orikioi ask to which god or hero they should sacrifice so as to govern the land in the best way

Tablet showing King Hammurapi at worship, First Dynasty of Babylon, about 1760-1750 BC
Detail of a relief of King Hammurapi at worship. Fragment of a stone stele dedicated by Itur-Ashdum, First Dynasty of Babylon, about 1760-1750 BC, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq

Early Sumerian stone tables, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols
Early Sumerian stone tablets, inscribed with very early archaic pictographic symbols, and one of the earliest examples of Sumerian writing. From the British Museums collection

Tablet telling the legend of Etana, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. The story told on this tablet centres on Etana

The Flood Tablet
This tablet is the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Hittite clay tablet and envelope. The letter is from Ena Suin for Laqidim and Shamash-Damho

A Babylonian tablet requesting an oracle from the Sun God Shamnon as to whether the Assyrian army led by Nabu-shar-usur will retake the fortress taken by the Manncans

Stone tablet from North Babylonia, recording how King Nablu-apla-iddim, then twenty, confirmed a gift of land

Babylonian story of the flood on a clay tablet, probably from Sippor, Old Babylonian, 1635BC. This is one of three tablets which contained the Epic of Ammisaduqa, hero of the Babylonian flood story

Cuneiform tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. A tablet from the library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)

Languages: Moses receiving from God the tablets of the Law in Hebrew, 1512. Scene from the Bible (Exodus 34). The central group represents Greek

Moses with the Ten Commandments, mid 19th century. Moses, Old Testament Hebrew prophet, came down from the mountain after 40 days absence with the Ten Commandments which had been given to him by God

Moses with the Rod, and Ten Commandments, c1808. Moses with the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. From the Bible (Exodus 34)

Babylonian clay tablet with text, 7th century BC. A table with syllabary. From the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian / Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC
Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian/Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC. The earliest tablets with written inscriptions represent the work of administrators, perhaps of large temple institutions

Bernard de Fontenelle, 1728-1729. Artist: Bernard Picart
Bernard de Fontenelle, 1728-1729. A print from Oeuvres Diverses, La Haye, Gosse & Neaulme, Volume I, 1728-1729. Found in the collection of Jean-Claude Carriere

Linear B tablet from Knossos, Crete, 15th century BC
Minoan Linear B tablet from Knossos, Crete, in the Archaeological Museum of Heracleion, Crete. Linear B is a syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek

Tablet with bilingual inscription erected by King Hammurabi
Tablet with bilingual inscription in Sumerian and Akkadian erected by King Hammurapi of Babylon from Ur, from the British Museums collection

Sculpture of Moses from the Chapter House of St Marys Abbey, York. He carries the Law tablets and a staff around which twists the brazen serpent. His horns follow St. Jeromes mistranslation of Exodus

Roman portrait paining of Terentius Neo and his wife, Pompeii, Italy. Found in the house adjoining bakery and so is often called The Baker and his Wife. Also known as Paquius Proculus and his wife

Portrait painting of Sappho, Pompeii, Italy
Portrait painting of a girl with writing-tablet and stylus (sometimes called Sappho after the poetess), Pompeii, Italy

Hittite clay tablet and envelope, Kul-Tepe, c1900 BC
Hittite clay tablet (letter) and and envelope (on right), Kul-Tepe (Kanesh, Turkey), c1900 BC. From the British Museum

Copper and limestone foundation deposit, Syria, Hurrian, end of 3rd millenium BC. The limestone tablet is the earliest known text in the Hurrian language

The Ark of the Covenant, 1557. The Ark containing the two tablets of the Law given by God to Moses, sacred to the Jews. From Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon by Conrad Lycosthenes. (Basel, 1557)

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