Tablet Collection (page 3)

The Deluge-tablet, Obverse and Reverse (b / w photo)
3622986 The Deluge-tablet, Obverse and Reverse (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Deluge-tablet, Obverse and Reverse)

Memorial stela (fragment), 1800-1600 BC (limestone)
3576284 Memorial stela (fragment), 1800-1600 BC (limestone) by Egyptian; Leeds Museums and Galleries (Discovery Centre) U.K.; (add.info)

Political Cartoon on American Civil War, c. 1860 (pen, ink and graphite on grey laid paper
3526207 Political Cartoon on American Civil War, c.1860 (pen, ink and graphite on grey laid paper by Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb (1816-68); 21.6x17.8 cm; Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art

Birth of Bacchus, Wedgwood jasperware bas-relief or tablet (autotype)
6014463 Birth of Bacchus, Wedgwood jasperware bas-relief or tablet (autotype) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birth of Bacchus)

Tablet to Dr John Blow, Organist, 1708 (b / w photo)
6013205 Tablet to Dr John Blow, Organist, 1708 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tablet to Dr John Blow, Organist, 1708)

Portrait and gravestone of George Elliots aunt (Elizabeth Evans), the inspiration for characters in her novel Adam Bede
5999729 Portrait and gravestone of George Elliots aunt (Elizabeth Evans), the inspiration for characters in her novel Adam Bede (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The Tablets of the Commandments, 1931 (tempera on canvas)
5642652 The Tablets of the Commandments, 1931 (tempera on canvas) by Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947); 80.6A--124.5 cm; Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York; eNicholas Roerich Museum; Russian

Reading: youth with a roll; girl with tablet book; female reading, with a box of rolls
6005650 Reading: youth with a roll; girl with tablet book; female reading, with a box of rolls, female reading a roll (engraving) by European School

Religious customs of the Maya, the group of the Cross (litho)
6004946 Religious customs of the Maya, the group of the Cross (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Religious customs of the Maya, the group of the Cross)

View in the Chancel, Holy Trinity Church (engraving)
1038039 View in the Chancel, Holy Trinity Church (engraving) by Brewer, Henry William (fl.1858-d.1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: View in the Chancel, Holy Trinity Church)

I & T Rigge, Razor Makers and Cutlers, trade card (engraving)
610433 I & T Rigge, Razor Makers and Cutlers, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I & T Rigge, Razor Makers and Cutlers)

Stela with scenes of combat and hunting, from Novario (sandstone)
704096 Stela with scenes of combat and hunting, from Novario (sandstone) by Roman; Museo Preistorico e Etnographico Luigi Pigorini, Rome, Lazio, Italy; out of copyright

The Bi-Centenary of Henry Purcell (litho)
1100407 The Bi-Centenary of Henry Purcell (litho) by Holland Tringham, Joseph (1861-1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bi-Centenary of Henry Purcell)

A portion of the tablet of the cross, Palenque (b / w photo)
980569 A portion of the tablet of the cross, Palenque (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A portion of the tablet of the cross, Palenque)

Early Pictographic cuneiform tablet, Mesopotamia, Uruk, c. 3100-2900 BC (clay)
3288479 Early Pictographic cuneiform tablet, Mesopotamia, Uruk, c.3100-2900 BC (clay) by Mesopotamian; (add.info.: Text deals with administrative accounts concerning grain distribution)

Inscription found in taking down North Pinnacle of St Mark
2832065 Inscription found in taking down North Pinnacle of St Marks dated 1487 (pencil on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Mural Tablet of Alderman R. Kitchin (pencil & w / c on paper)
2831960 Mural Tablet of Alderman R. Kitchin (pencil & w/c on paper) by Homes, Marcus H. (1803-1854); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Removing a tablet from a Confucian temple 505 AD (litho)
1266090 Removing a tablet from a Confucian temple 505 AD (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cuneiform tablet with medical prescriptions, Ninveh (clay)
1220356 Cuneiform tablet with medical prescriptions, Ninveh (clay) by Mesopotamian; Photo eZev Radovan; out of copyright

Tablet in Memory of Colonel Finnis, in the Church of St Dunstan s-in-the-East (engraving)
1609581 Tablet in Memory of Colonel Finnis, in the Church of St Dunstan s-in-the-East (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Babylonian clay tablet with text. 7th century BC. Table with syllabary
533073 Babylonian clay tablet with text. 7th century BC. Table with syllabary. by Babylonian, (7th century BC); Universal History Archive/UIG; out of copyright

The Famous Library of King Ashur-Bani-Pal, at Nineveh, illustration from
STC357955 The Famous Library of King Ashur-Bani-Pal, at Nineveh, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910 (colour litho) by Le Quesne

Cadmus gives the Greeks an alphabet artist, illustration from Hutchinson
IL322100 Cadmus gives the Greeks an alphabet artist, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, 1915 (litho) by Weatherstone, A.C

Palette with hieroglyph (schist)
HSC325705 Palette with hieroglyph (schist) by Egyptian, Naqada I Period (c.4000-3000 BC); length: 47.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eHeini Schneebeli; Egyptian, out of copyright

Moses
AII79485 Moses by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666); Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Accounts Table with cuneiform script, c. 2400 BC (terracotta)
REV116847 Accounts Table with cuneiform script, c.2400 BC (terracotta) by Mesopotamian; 7.5x7 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; out of copyright

Tablet listing quantities of various commodities, with circles
AMQ113702 Tablet listing quantities of various commodities, with circles and half circles indicating numerals, proto-cuneiform, Jemdet Nasr

Baked Clay Prism ( Weld-Blundell Prism ) with the Sumerian King List giving
AMQ113026 Baked Clay Prism ( Weld-Blundell Prism ) with the Sumerian King List giving rulers from before the Flood to King Sin-magir of Isin (c.1827-17 BC) inscribed in cuneiform script

Document consisting of ideograms, from Uruk, Iraq, late 4th-early 3rd millennium BC
BAL165775 Document consisting of ideograms, from Uruk, Iraq, late 4th-early 3rd millennium BC (stone) by Sumerian; 4.3x2.3 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St

Remnant of a cadastre (stone)
XIR170468 Remnant of a cadastre (stone) by Gallo-Roman, (2nd century AD); Location Unknown; (add.info.: land information system defining roads)

Edict of Emperor Diocletian (245-313) on the regulating of the prices of merchandise
XIR216478 Edict of Emperor Diocletian (245-313) on the regulating of the prices of merchandise (stone) by Roman, (3rd century AD); Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome

Relief of Pehenuka, Old Kingdom, 2465-2323 BC (limestone) (see also 440565, 440566
CH440564 Relief of Pehenuka, Old Kingdom, 2465-2323 BC (limestone) (see also 440565, 440566, 440559 and 440560) by Egyptian 5th Dynasty (c.2494-2345 BC)

Sacrifice to Hymen, Wedgwood jasperware oval bas-relief or tablet designed by John Flaxman, 1775 (autotype)
6014471 Sacrifice to Hymen, Wedgwood jasperware oval bas-relief or tablet designed by John Flaxman, 1775 (autotype) by English Photographer

Chinese ancestral tablet, in honour of Luo She, a widow (litho)
6013539 Chinese ancestral tablet, in honour of Luo She, a widow (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese ancestral tablet, in honour of Luo She, a widow)

Peace Preventing Mars From Opening the Gates of Janus, Wedgwood china and blue ball clay bas-relief or tablet designed
6014467 Peace Preventing Mars From Opening the Gates of Janus, Wedgwood china and blue ball clay bas-relief or tablet designed by John Flaxman, 1787 (autotype) by English Photographer

An Offering to Flora, Wedgwood jasperware bas-relief or tablet, possibly designed by John Bacon (autotype)
6014459 An Offering to Flora, Wedgwood jasperware bas-relief or tablet, possibly designed by John Bacon (autotype) by English Photographer

505th PIR and 1st Canadian Army Memorial
This double Memorial was erected by C.Hectors, A. van Grinsven and Father Thuring in Klein Amerika on 16 September 1990. The left hand tablet records that, With Europe in peril

Ancestor tablet, c. 1400-c. 1300 BC (jade, nephrite)
5951143 Ancestor tablet, c.1400-c.1300 BC (jade, nephrite) by Chinese School, Shang Dynasty (c.1600-1050 BC); 20.2x2.3x1.2 cm; (add.info.: H x W x D)

Angels with Attributes of the Passion, the Superscription from the Cross, c
488185 Angels with Attributes of the Passion, the Superscription from the Cross, c.1624 (oil on canvas) by Vouet, Simon (1590-1649); 104.3 x 78.58 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Stele depicting a deity worshipping the Tree of Life, Canaanite Period (1500-1200 BC
BLP398319 Stele depicting a deity worshipping the Tree of Life, Canaanite Period (1500-1200 BC) (limestone) by Bronze Age (2000-600 BC); Hecht Museum, Haifa

Hindu Fakir, from India Ancient and Modern, 1867 (colour litho)
STC418223 Hindu Fakir, from India Ancient and Modern, 1867 (colour litho) by Simpson, William Crimea (1823-99); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Scottish, out of copyright

Iinitiation to the cult of the Eleusinian Mysteries, Demeter and Persephone host a procession, 4th century BC
ALI423055 Iinitiation to the cult of the Eleusinian Mysteries, Demeter and Persephone host a procession, 4th century BC.(terracotta) by Greek

The Tablet in Pannier Alley - King Charles Porter and Dwarf
931488 The Tablet in Pannier Alley - King Charles Porter and Dwarf, from London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century pub. Jones & Co

Stela, from Novario (sandstone)
704095 Stela, from Novario (sandstone) by Roman; Museo Preistorico e Etnographico Luigi Pigorini, Rome, Lazio, Italy; out of copyright

Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law, engraved by Hotelin, c. 1868 (engraving)
OTB182322 Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law, engraved by Hotelin, c.1868 (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Plaque with winged Persian Sphinx, c. 525-401 BC (moulded faience)
FIT278738 Plaque with winged Persian Sphinx, c.525-401 BC (moulded faience) by Egyptian, Late Period (715-332 BC); 6.2x6.6 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Cameo rings, gold bauble and writing tools
Cameo rings with Pan and archer, golden bauble from a figure of a young Nero in the Villa Lante 2, cylindrical box to store papyri in a library 3, and a waxed tablet and stylus

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"Exploring the Mysteries of the Tablet: From Emerald to Arcadia" In the vast realm of history and art, tablets have held a significant place, transcending time and cultures. One such enigmatic the Emerald Tablet, also known as Smaragdine Table or Tabula Smaragdina. This ancient text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus has captivated scholars with its cryptic wisdom. Speaking of mysteries, Nicolas Poussin's masterpiece "Et in Arcadia ego" transports us to an idyllic world where shepherds ponder upon mortality. The tablet depicted in this painting adds an intriguing layer to their contemplation. Delving further into antiquity, we encounter Sappho, the Greek poet whose words were etched onto tablets that preserved her lyrical genius for centuries. Her portrait evokes both admiration and curiosity about her lost works. But they are not limited to literature alone; they hold legal significance too. The Twelve Tables of Rome stand as a testament to early Roman law and governance, shaping Western legal systems thereafter. Moving forward in time, we stumble upon Pompeii's preserved past through a captivating portrait of baker Terentius Neo and his wife on plastered tablets. These snapshots from everyday life offer glimpses into ancient customs and fashion. Tablets have also played a role in modern times - Horlicks' advert for malted milk tablets during World War I highlights their practical use even amidst chaos. Religious narratives find their place too; Gustave Doré's depiction of Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments engraved on stone tablets reminds us of divine guidance throughout history. Traveling eastward brings us Mesopotamia's clay tablets adorned with pictographs - windows into an ancient civilization's communication system that still puzzles archaeologists today.