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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet: Flour (and Barley)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet: Flour (and Barley)

Place CreatedBabylon, Iraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur
Date2100-2000 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions1 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.1 x 3.8 cm)
Object number1921.270
Exhibition HistoryFive Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, March 1995 - November 1996
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, March 1997-March 1, 2000
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