Writings Out of Time

Arizona State Museum's extraordinary holdings in Near Eastern antiquities are showcased in this special exhibit on display at the UA Main Library's Special Collections, 1510 E. University Blvd. Curated by Beth Alpert Nakhai, professor of Judaic Studies at the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, Writings Out of Time features cuneiform tablets - primarily records of business transactionsfrom half a dozen sites in southern Iraq. Dating from 2100-1800 BCE these tablets are some of the world's earliest writing artifacts, and as a collection, they are unquestionably the oldest archive of literary materials in the State of Arizona. See the exhibition through December 8.