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Ceramics
Cuneiform Tablet
Sumerian artist, (active )
Sumerian artist
Iraq
1 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 7/16 in. (3.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm)
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Clay
Clay
2049 BCE
2049 BCE
2049 BCE
cuneiform
Ceramics
Ur III, Lagas Sulgi 45; Barley yield of a field, as per Marcel Sigrist, "Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester New York," 1991
Many tablets were completely covered by a clay envelope onto which their text was recopied and sealed for security. This one records royal gurs (about a bushel) of grain (she). The she sign is a stylized picture of grain.
The tablet is dated: "month of the cutting of the grain, year when Ur-bi-lum (a nearby city) was destroyed." This was 2049 BCE, under King Shulgi.
[Gallery label text]
1954.58.4.1
item
Memorial Art Gallery
10/10/2002
54.58.4SL1
slide
full of interior tablet and envelope
2 x 2
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negative
full of interior tablet and envelope
2 x 2
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glossy
full of interior tablet and envelope
3 x 5
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54.58.4DI#1
digital image
9/24/2007
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54.58.4DI#2
digital image
11/6/2007
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54.58.4DI#3
digital image
6/27/2011
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54.58.4DI#4
digital image
6/27/2011
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