Cuneiform Tablet

Inscribed and sealed clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia dating to the Third Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004 BC). The tablet records the delivery of the hides of sheep and goats to a leatherworker in the city of Umma in southern Mesopotamia. The text is dated to the first year of the reign of Shu-Shen, and includes the seal impression of the govenor of the city of Umma.

This tablet appears in an article, in Vol. 8 1990 Annual Review of the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project- “Cuneiform Texts at the University of British Columbia” (by C.A. Peters & D.R. Frayne; Toronto, p. 58-59).

Rounded rectangular tablet or reddish clay (part a) with stylus cuneiform impressions. Part b is the imprint from part a.