Cuneiform Tablet

1913.14.0587

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Artifact Identification Cuneiform Tablet   (1913.14.0587)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Other Documents
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Ur III - Amar-Sin, 2047-2039 BCE
Culture Sumerian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (N/A) 3.5 cm
Dimension 2 (N/A) 3.15 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) 1.5 cm
Weight N/A
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description

FIELD WORK: 12 male workers hired (for)/digging 8 Sar each./Wages: each 6 sila of barley/Foreman: Ama'a./ In the Muru field,/the Sara-mutum field, and/the Me'en-kara field/Inspected on the 15th day./The month of the other shrines./The year when the city Huhunuri/was destroyed.

Description N/A
CDLI NumberP129014 (external link)
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

See also 1913.14.1

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Edgar J. Banks Collection
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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