Tablet with cuneiform inscription
Tablet with cuneiform inscription

Currently not on view

Tablet with cuneiform inscription,

ca. 2112–2004 BCE

Sumerian
Third Dynasty of Ur, 2112 - 2000 BCE
y1986-114

Information

Title
Tablet with cuneiform inscription
Dates

ca. 2112–2004 BCE

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
2.5 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm (1 x 1 1/16 x 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy Burr Thompson and Homer A. Thompson
Object Number
y1986-114
Place Excavated

Iraq, Dhi Qar Province, Ur

Culture
Sumerian
Period
Third Dynasty of Ur
Type
tablets, terracottas, ceramics
Materials
terracotta
Subject
receipts, cuneiform

Given to the Museum in 1986 from Dorothy Burr Thompson and Homer A. Thompson

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