{"id":3709,"date":"2013-11-12T08:39:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T08:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/preservation\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2013-11-05T22:49:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T22:49:29","slug":"clay-tablet-gets-custom-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/2013\/11\/12\/clay-tablet-gets-custom-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Tablet Gets Custom Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, November 12, 2013<br \/>\nSubmitted by Bill Voss<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7556_blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7556_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Tablet\" width=\"217\" height=\"216\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7556_blog.jpg 217w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7556_blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7556_blog-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7556_blog-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>This neo-Sumerian clay tablet, recording the sacrifice of a kid goat dates to ca. 2050 B.C. and is frequently shown to students as an early example of writing in cuneiform accompanied by the impression of a cylinder seal.  Due to its frequent use it was decided to create a custom box which would keep the object secure and viewable behind a small window, but which also has the option of being further opened to allow the object to be removed from the enclosure.  The tablet rests in a fitted recess in a block of ethafoam covered with cotton and hollytex (spun polyester) and can be seen through a window of polyester sheeting.  To remove the object a flap secured by embedded magnets is lifted revealing the tablet as well as a second recess containing a pair of cotton gloves for safe handling.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7559_blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7559_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Clay tablet nesting in box\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3711\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7560_blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2013\/11\/DSC_7560_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Box completely open\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3712\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Submitted by Bill Voss This neo-Sumerian clay tablet, recording the sacrifice of a kid goat dates to ca. 2050 B.C. and is frequently shown to students as an early example of writing in cuneiform accompanied by the impression of a cylinder seal. Due to its frequent use it was decided to<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/2013\/11\/12\/clay-tablet-gets-custom-box\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Clay Tablet Gets Custom Box&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,18],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3717,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709\/revisions\/3717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3709"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=3709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}