Scheil dynastic tablet
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The Scheil dynastic tablet or "Kish Tablet" is an ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform
text containing a variant form of the Sumerian King List
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in 1911, having bought it from a private collection in France. The tablet when purchased was reported to have been unearthed from Kish
. Scheil translated the tablet in 1911, followed by another translation in 1934. The tablet dates to the early 2nd millenium BC.
Cuneiform
Cuneiform can refer to:*Cuneiform script, an ancient writing system originating in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC*Cuneiform , three bones in the human foot*Cuneiform Records, a music record label...
text containing a variant form of the Sumerian King List
Sumerian king list
The Sumerian King List is an ancient manuscript originally recorded in the Sumerian language, listing kings of Sumer from Sumerian and neighboring dynasties, their supposed reign lengths, and the locations of "official" kingship...
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Discovery
The tablet came into posession of the Assyriologist Jean-Vincent ScheilJean-Vincent Scheil
Father Jean-Vincent Scheil was a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist. He was one of the discoverers of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia...
in 1911, having bought it from a private collection in France. The tablet when purchased was reported to have been unearthed from Kish
Kish
-Geography:*Kish Island, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf*Kish, Iran, a city on Kish Island*Kish District, an administrative subdivision of Iran*Kish Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Iran...
. Scheil translated the tablet in 1911, followed by another translation in 1934. The tablet dates to the early 2nd millenium BC.