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Cuneiform Tablet Containing Receipt

Ur III
21st century BCE-20th century BCE
Clay

1 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in. x 1/2 in. (3.8 cm x 3.8 cm x 1.2 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: T.49
Acquisition Date:
Geography: Asia, Iraq, Dhi Qar, Tell Jokha (Umma)
Classification: Documents and Documentary Artifacts

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  • cuneiform - Script originally developed for the Sumerian language in the 3rd millennium BCE, consisting of characters made in clay with a wedge-shaped stylus.
  • inscriptions - Words, texts, lettering, or symbols marked on a work, including texts, legends, documentation notes, or commemoration. For standardized symbols or notations on objects that convey official information, use "marks (symbols)."
  • Mesopotamian glyptic styles - Glyptic styles belonging to Mesopotamian cultures.
  • Third Dynasty of Ur - Refers to the period from about 2112 to 2000 BCE during which Mesopotamia was ruled by a dynasty founded by Ur-Nammu and based in the city of Ur in southern Mesopotamia.

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The following Bibliography exist for this object:
  • Maria deJ. Ellis, Cuneiform Tablets at Bryn Mawr College The Baghdad School of the American Schools of Oriental Research. Cambridge, MA, 1979

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<ref name=BMC>cite web |url=http://triarte.brynmawr.edu/objects-1/info/154526 |title=Cuneiform Tablet Containing Receipt |author=Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections |accessdate=3/28/2024 |publisher=Bryn Mawr College</ref>

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