Cuneiform 930

A rare plan of a Sumerian temple impressed onto a clay tablet.

Ur III (c. 2100-2000 BC)

Few Sumerian building plans have survived in such complete condition. Clay or mud bricks were the most common building material of the period and would have been moulded and sun-baked for each construction. Similarly this plan was made out of clay inscribed with a wedge shaped tool (from which the word "cuneiform" is derived), and hardened in the sun.

The plan is roughly to scale and gives nineteen measurements, which are given in terms of KÙŠ (a cubit of about 50 centimetres) and GAR (about 6 metres). The building itself would have been approximately 22 by 16 metres, a fairly substantial property. There is a doorway on the left wall, and the rectangles in the upper left-hand room probably indicate stairs.

There were two substantial cracks running across the friable surface of this fragile plan. A specialist object conservator carefully applied 5% PVAlc and plaster/pigment to stabilise and consolidate the tablet.

Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

一件刻写于黏土泥板之上的罕见苏美尔神庙建筑平面图。
乌尔第三王朝（约公元前2100-前2000年）
现存保存完整的苏美尔建筑平面图极为稀少。该时期最常用的建筑材料为黏土砖或泥砖，每一处建筑的建材都需经塑形后在阳光下自然晒干。
此平面图同样以黏土为载体，以楔形工具刻写（‘楔形文字’（cuneiform）一词即由此衍生），并经日晒硬化定型。
该平面图大致按比例绘制，标注了十九组尺寸，单位为库伊（KÙŠ，约合50厘米的腕尺）与加尔（GAR，约合6米）。该建筑原本尺寸约为22米×16米，属于规模可观的建筑。左侧墙体设有一处门扉，左上区域房间内的矩形图案大概率代表楼梯。
这件脆弱的平面图易碎裂的表面存在两道贯穿性裂纹，文物保护专家经细致操作，使用5%的聚乙烯醇缩醛（PVAlc）与灰泥/颜料对该泥板进行了加固与稳定处理。
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