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

Cuneiform Tablet: Economic Text Regarding Grain

Place FoundUmma, Iraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
Dateca. 4000-2000 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (3.7 x 3.2 cm)
Object number1921.117
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