Prof. Albert Clay, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
purchased by Henry Glover Stevens (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Cuneiform Tablet Recording Rations for Messengers, ca. 2060 BCE
- Sumerian, Mesopotamian
Clay
- various dimensions
Gift of Henry G. Stevens
19.24.16
On View
- Ancient Middle East Gallery
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Details
Liu, Changyu. "Twenty-Three Ur III Texts from Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 98, no. 2 (Autumn 2022): pp. 1-47; pp. 20-24 no. 20-22, pp. 41-44 (ill.) [seperated out by components, all are titled Messenger Text].
Sumerian, Mesopotamian, Cuneiform Tablet Recording Rations for Messengers, ca. 2060 BCE, clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Henry G. Stevens, 19.24.16.
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