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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet: Account of Workers and Wages
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet: Account of Workers and Wages

AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
AAT Object Form/Functiontablets (information artifacts)
Place CreatedIraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur
Dateca. 2048
MediumClay
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (15.9 x 9.6 cm)
Object number1921.135
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections, February 15 - April 4, 1982 (Atlanta:The Museum, 1982), 8.
Daniel C. Snell, "The Ur III Tablets in the Emory University Museum," Acta Sumerologica 9 (June 1987): 203-75.
ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art