Cuneiform tablet: messenger tablet

Medium

Clay

Dimensions

1 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. (3.4 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm)

Classification

Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Culture & Period

Neo-Sumerian · Ur III

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Archbishop Elias F. Shaheen, 1985

Accession Number

1985.180.1