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Tablet

Description

Tablet of baked clay inscribed in cuneiform with a list of sheep for various named people: Mesopotamian, Sumerian, 3rd Dynasty of Ur, 8th year of Amar-Sin, c. 2000 BC

Museum reference

A.1976.42

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tablet

Production information

Ur, Sumer, Iraq, West Asia

Date

c. 2000 BC

Style / Culture

Sumerian

Physical description

Baked clay

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