cuneiform tablet

Original object type: Artefact
Title: cuneiform tablet
Description:
1of 6 Babylonian tables described in a letter from the British Museum to the collector Mr James Ogden.
Inscription on both sides.
Label enclosed reads: "898./ Long list of large amounts of cereals - Barley, meal, and wheat taken in charge by temple-officials, sometimes with the name of the deliverer. The Total quantities are summarized at the end. Dated (on the left edge) in the 23rd Year of Shulghi, King of Ur."
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative number P362898.
Date range: c.2071 BCE
Date: 2070
Keywords: Classics