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© Michael C. Carlos Museun, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet with Seal Impression Recording Animals for Sacrifice at the Coronation Festivities of Ibbi-Sin
© Michael C. Carlos Museun, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museun, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museun, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet with Seal Impression Recording Animals for Sacrifice at the Coronation Festivities of Ibbi-Sin

AAT Object Form/Functionreceipts (financial records)
AAT Object Form/FunctionCuneiform
AAT Object Form/FunctionWriting Tablet (Information artifacts)
Place CreatedBabylon, Iraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur, beginning of reign of Ibbi-Sin
Dateca. 2029-2028 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions3 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (8.9 x 4.4 cm)
Object number1921.247
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesEdmond Sollberger, "Selected Texts from American Collections," Journal of Cuneiform Studies 10 (1956): 11-31.
ProvenancePurchased for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959) from Albert T. Clay (1866-1925) [Yale Babylonian Collection], New Haven, Connecticut, 1921. At Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, ca. 1950-1955.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art