Your basket is empty.

Tablet with cuneiform inscription

Display metadata as:

Title:

Creation Date:

2218 BCE

Description:

A clay cuneiform tablet that describes a transaction where grain and sheep are traded in leiu of taxes.

Material:

Ceramic

Medium:

Clay

Technique:

Modeling

Culture:

Near Eastern

Period or Region:

Babylonian

Country of Origin:

Babylonia

Modern Country Name:

Iraq

Category:

Sculpture

Object Type:

Tablet

Dimensions:

4x4cm

Whole Or Part:

Whole

Inscription:

Cuneiform

Date Accessioned:

11/10/1976

Original Information:

Index card "Wonderfully fine Babylonian baked clay tablet with magnificent cuneifrom inscription translated by Yale University. "7 se gur sam udu ki Lu-kal-la - a-ka, Ur-gu-edin", etc. "7 gur of grain, the price of sheep (received), from Lukalla, the obligations of Ur-Gu-edinna are completed; receipted for by Gududu. The year after Gimil-Din, the King built the western wall." The words Lukalla, Ur-Gu-edinna and Gududu are personal names. The last sentence of the translation is the date line. It correspondes to 2218 BC. Therefore this perfect tablet is 4163 years old. Elder Sale, New York City, June 19, 1936, $8.00"

Auction House Information:

Elder Sale, New York City, June 19, 1936

Provenance:

Elder

Accession #:

76.1.0201

Collection:

Madison Art

Record created:

Jan. 1, 1980

Last modified:

Aug. 24, 2010

Collection Memberships

Collection	Visible
Madison Art	yes