Old Akkadian Clay Tablet with Barley Distribution Records
Old Akkadian Clay Tablet with Barley Distribution Records
Place of OriginLikely Iraq
DateOld Akkadian period (ca. 2340–2200 BCE)
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 11/16 × 1/2 in. (4.7 × 4.3 × 1.2 cm)
MediumClay
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Object number
1908.88
Not on View
DescriptionRectangular clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform script.
Text on both obverse and reverse.
Administrative record detailing land allocations and barley distributions.
Label TextThis Old Akkadian clay tablet, dating to ca. 2340–2200 BC, records an administrative transaction related to land and barley distribution. Written in cuneiform script, it details the allotment of agricultural fields and mentions officials such as a foreman and a doorman of the goddess Inanna. Tablets like this provide insight into the economic and bureaucratic systems of Mesopotamian society.Published ReferencesVan De Mieroop, Marc, and Tremper Longman, “Cuneiform Tablets from the Toledo Museum of Art,” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale, vol. 79, 1985, no. 4, pp. 24-25.
“RA 079, 022 04 Artifact Entry.” 1970. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 1970. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216403.
Old Akkadian period (ca. 2340–2200 BCE)
Old Akkadian period (ca. 2340–2200 BCE)
about 2040 BCE
Akkadian Period
Old Akkadian period (ca. 2340–2200 BCE)
21st century BCE
about 2040 BCE
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