2-679-145 - © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/Heritage Images

Sumerian King List Prism, Isin-Larsa period, c2004BC-c1595 BC. Sumerian, written in cuneiform script, runs in two columns on each of the four sides of the prism list of the Sumerian and Akkadian rulers from 'before the Flood' and then from about 3200-1800 BC to King Sin-magir of Isin (1827-1817 BC). Dimension: height: 20 cmlength: 9.1 cm