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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet: Account of Sheep and Other Animals
© 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 Sheep and Other Animals

AAT Object Form/Functiontablets (information artifacts)
AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
Place CreatedIraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur
Date2100-2062 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions3 x 1 15/16 in. (7.6 x 4.9 cm)
Object number1921.130
Published ReferencesDaniel C. Snell, "The Ur III Tablets in the Emory University Museum," Acta Sumerologica 9 (June 1987): 203-75.
ProvenanceCollected for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art