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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet: Messenger Text
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet: Messenger Text

Place CreatedBabylon, Iraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur
Date2100-2000 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions1 1/16 x 1 in. (2.7 x 2.5 cm)
Object number1921.200
Published ReferencesDaniel C. Snell, "The Ur III Tablets in the Emory University Museum," Acta Sumerologica 9 (June 1987): 203-75.
ProvenancePurchased for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959) from Albert T. Clay (1866-1925) [Yale Babylonian Collection], New Haven, Connecticut, 1921. With Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, ca. 1950-1955.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art