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© Michael C. Carlos Museun, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet: Oxen, Sheep (or Cattle) Taken
© Michael C. Carlos Museun, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museun, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museun, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet: Oxen, Sheep (or Cattle) Taken

AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
AAT Object Form/Functiontablets (information artifacts)
Place CreatedBabylon, Iraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur
Date2100-2000 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions2 7/8 x 1 11/16 in. (7.3 x 4.3 cm)
Object number1921.227
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001-February 12, 2018
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. At Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, ca. 1950-1955.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art