Tablet

Description

Tablet of baked clay inscribed recto and verso in cuneiform with a receipt for sheep delivered presumably to a temple: Mesopotamian, Sumerian, possibly from Ur, 7th year of Bur-Sin, c. 2000 BC

Museum reference

A.1948.273

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tablet

Production information

Ur, Sumer, Iraq, West Asia

Date

c. 2000 BC

Style / Culture

Sumerian

Physical description

Baked clay