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Series II: Casts of tablets, 1907-1990
22 casts are from David Eugene Smith; some are copies of tablets from "the Imperial Ottoman Museum at Constantinople," some from tablets at the University of Pennsylvania museum, all made circa 1907-1908 for Smith through the agency of Herman Hilprecht (see Hilprecht correspondence in the Smith Professional papers). One additional cast was made for Plimpton, also by Hilprecht, in 1907 (see correspondence in box 34, folder 8).
There are three casts of CULC 460 (Plimpton 322). In 1957, a cast was commissioned from Mr. Laurits C. Eichner by Derek J. Price of the Smithsonian Institution; Mr. Eichner gave the library a trial version, with inadequate coloring. In 1990, 50 copies were commissioned from a specialist who did work for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and sold to aficionados; a copy (additional to the 50, this one with rejected painting), was given to Jane Rodgers Siegel in 1990 and later returned to the collection. The collection now contains three casts, two colored and one plain, none labelled as to their origin.
Box 32
Smith cast c522
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Smith cast c523
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Smith cast c524
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Smith cast c525
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Smith cast c526
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Smith cast c527
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Smith cast c528
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Smith cast c529
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Smith cast c530
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Smith cast c531
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Smith cast c532
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Smith cast c533
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Smith cast c534
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Smith cast c535
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Smith cast c536
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Smith cast c537
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Smith cast c538
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Smith cast c539
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Smith cast c540
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Smith cast c541
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Smith cast c542
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Smith cast c543
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Plimpton cast (unnumbered)
Box 33
3 casts of Plimpton 322