Cuneiform Tablet: Women Harvesting Barley

1913.14.0997

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Artifact Identification Cuneiform Tablet: Women Harvesting Barley   (1913.14.0997)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Other Documents
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Ur III - Reign of Su-Sin
Date 2038-2030 BC
Culture Sumerian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 4.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 4.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.6 cm
Weight 31 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
CDLI NumberP129072 (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 115.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Edgar J. Banks Collection
Reproduction no

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