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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet with Seal Impression: Account of Grain for Seeding
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet with Seal Impression: Account of Grain for Seeding

AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
AAT Object Form/Functiontablets (information artifacts)
Place CreatedUmma, Iraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur
Dateca. 2046-2035 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions4 3/16 x 2 1/16 in. (10.6 x 5.2 cm)
Object number1921.136
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001-January 2011
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, December 2011 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesDaniel 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