cuneiform tablet

Original object type: Artefact
Title: cuneiform tablet
Description:
A pink clay cuneiform with a broken lower section and crack across one side, with inscription on two sides. A round paper label attached has the number 2 in pencil. Loose paper labels.
Described in listing as "Sumerian administrative tablet: lists of cattle, sheep and goats. 3rd Dynasty of Ur (21st century B.C.); not dated." Label with tablet says: "Babylonian Tablets Cuneiform 2/ A list of Cattle, oxen, Sheep, Ewes, and Goats, written in 2 columns on each side. Period of the Third Dynasty of Ur, reign of Bur Sin I, about B.C. 2300-2100"
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative number P362902.
Date range: c.2300 - 2100 BCE
Date: 2200
Keywords: Classics