Oriental Institute
| Title | Oriental Institute |
| View | Nippur Expedition 45 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Clay tablet (4. x 2 in.) account of the prosecution of the murders of Luinanna, a temple official in the city of Nippur in Iraq, ca. 1850 BCE. Tried before the Citizens Assembly, the three men were subsequently sentenced to death. Discovered in 1950 by a joint expedition of archaeologists from the University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania. |
| Subject Terms | Trials (Murder)--Iraq | Sumerian language--Texts | Cuneiform tablets | Nippur (Extinct city)--Antiquities | Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq |
| Photograph Date | 1950-04 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 23.8 x 18.5 cm |
| Location | Iraq |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01697 |
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