Cuneiform Tablet, between 2700 and 2500 BCE

  • Mesopotamian

Unbaked clay

  • Overall: 3 1/2 × 1 7/8 × 15/16 inches (8.9 × 4.8 × 2.4 cm)

Gift of Constance McMath

78.64

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Mrs. Trent McMath [Constance Haass]

1978-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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. 9-10 no. 7, p. 32 (ill.) [titled Livestock Withdrawn].

Mesopotamian, Cuneiform Tablet, between 2700 and 2500 BCE, unbaked clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Constance McMath, 78.64.