Box 1
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Contains 3 Results:
Folder 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Pages from the Past leaf books were sold as six different collections with three different releases (18 total sets were sold in editions of varying numbers) between 1964-1966. These were all compiled and sold by the Washington DC-based dealer, Alfred W. Stites of Foliophiles, Inc., who had dismembered original printings and manuscripts specifically for the purpose of selling them in these "portfolio sets", as he referred to them. Western Michigan University Libraries is one of a number of...
Dates:
2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE
Babylonian Clay Tablet, approximately 2500 BCE
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
A Babylonian clay tablet, ca. 2500 BCE with Cuneiform Characters. The development of clay tablets are man's earliest form of writing and are attributed to the Mesopotamian culture. This tablet is from Babylonian Excavations. It was purchased in Amuda, Syria.
Dates:
approximately 2500 BCE
Babylonian Cylinder Seal, approximately 1700 BCE
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 2
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
A Babylonian Cylinder Seal, ca. 1700 BCE with Sumerian inscriptions. Excavated at Amlash, Mesopotamia, these seals were the signatures of the Babylonians. Each man's signature was different, and the images often depicted something about the owner. This includes the seal itself as well as the inscription relief on a portion of clay.
Dates:
approximately 1700 BCE