Sumerian King List · Weld-Blundell prism · AN1923.444
A named witness to the Sumerian King List.
Record reviewed 2026-11-05 ·
- Catalogue reference
- AN1923.444
- Institution / route
- Ashmolean Museum
- Region / collection context
- Mesopotamia
- Language
- Sumerian
- Physical form
- Clay prism
- Translation evidence
- English edition located
- Access route
- Public source route
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What the record covers
Study the preserved inscription alongside its literary form and edition. Reign totals are not automatically elapsed historical years.
Edition and translation
An item-level edition concordance has not yet been reviewed in this reading room.
The open research question
Obtain all inscribed faces, the chosen translation and explanation of damaged or restored signs.
Image and publication rights
Institution-hosted reading route. No image redistribution or new translation licence recorded for Babylon.
Dates and historical context
No numeric date has been assigned in this catalogue. A title, an ancient attribution or an older catalogue entry is insufficient to fix a date for the physical witness.
Dates for a copy or material do not automatically establish the date of composition, the events narrated, or a symbolic cycle.
Carry the reading into Babylon
Begin with the surviving words and the edition’s own uncertainty. Then explore Babylon’s named teaching with the Father and Yeshua at its devotional centre. Every reader keeps their dignity, judgement and freedom to question.
Learning in the Light
In Babylon, the Father’s light opens perspective, learning and a chosen next step. Your worth remains intact. Every person is sovereign, with dignity, freedom and room to grow.
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Passage and translation coverage ↗Read the selected passage study
ETCSL 2.1.1 · composite lines 36–45; physical prism-face concordance pending · Composite lines and named witness siglum checked
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