Tablet: A Receipt for Deliveries of Animals
Tablet: A Receipt for Deliveries of Animals
Place of OriginSumer
Date2037 BCE, 1st year of King Shu-Sin (2037-2029 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
Dimensions2 1/4 × 1 11/16 × 11/16 in. (5.7 × 4.3 × 1.8 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1913.500
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Published References- Decorative Arts
Langdon, S., "Miscellanea Assyriaca" in Babyloniaca: etudes de philologie Assyro-Babylonienne, 7, 1922-1923, p. 75, n. 3.
Van der Meiroop, Marc, "Cuneiform Tablets from The Toledo Museum of Art," Revue d'Assyriologie, no. 1, 1985, p. 18, repr. p. 22.
Label TextTranslation: Front: 1 lamb from Babate; 1 lamb from [ . . . ]; 1 lamb from [ . . . ]; 2 lambs from [ . . . ]; 1 lamb from [ . . . ] the ensi [city ruler]; 1 lamb from Su-Estar; 1 goat from [ . . . ]; 1 goat from Ahu-waqar; 1 goat from A’a-ili; 1 goat fro2047 BCE, 47th Year of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
Neo-Sumerian (Ur III), fourth year of the reign of King Amar-Sin, 2024 BCE
2050 BCE, 44th Year of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
2041 BCE, 5th Year of King Amar-Sin (2046-2038 BCE), Third Dynasty or Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
2048 BCE, 46th Year of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
2049 BCE, 45th Year of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
2050 BCE, 44th Year of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
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