Cuneiform Tablet

1913.14.0491

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Artifact Identification Cuneiform Tablet   (1913.14.0491)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Other Documents
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Mesopotamian
Date 2130–2006 BCE
Culture Mesopotamian
Location On Exhibitin the Mesopotamia exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 3.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 3.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.7 cm
Weight 22 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing

Research Remarks

Description

Listed on database as the period--(ur iii period-drehem)

Some women could receive more in wages than their male co-workers who received 6 sila (of barley) a day. "18 female workers for 30 sila (a day)....1 female worker for 10 sila (a day)."

Published Description Under Review
CDLI NumberP129065 (external link)
Bibliography

Kang, Shin Teke, Sumerian Economic Texts from the Umma Archive: Sumerian and Akkadian Cuneiform Texts in the Collection of the World Heritage Museum of the University of Illinois, Volume II. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1973.
Text Number 108.
Kang, v. 2: #108
Kang-Umma

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Edgar J. Banks Collection
Reproduction no

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