Sumerian Clay Tablet Recording a Receipt of Silver
Sumerian Clay Tablet Recording a Receipt of Silver
Place of OriginIraq, Girsu (modern Telloh)
Dateabout 2042 BCE
Dimensions1 9/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/2 in. (3.9 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm)
MediumClay
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1908.91
Not on View
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Published References- Decorative Arts
Van der Meiroop, Marc, "Cuneiform Tablets from The Toledo Museum of Art," Revue d'Assyriologie, no. 1, 1985, pp. 18. “RA 079, 032 27 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128049. http://bdtns.filol.csic.es/catalogo_directo_new.php?numBDTS=028727 https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/epsd2/P128049
Label TextThis clay tablet from the Ur III period (circa 2100-2000 BCE) documents a receipt of silver in Sumerian cuneiform script. It originates from Girsu (modern Tello, Iraq), a major administrative center of the time. The tablet includes a seal impression of Lu-Utu, a scribe. Such tablets were crucial for recording economic transactions in Mesopotamian society.
about 2040 BCE
Ur III Period (about 2100-2000 BCE)
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