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:"899./ List of sacrifices offered to the god Shara and to his sacred emblems on various days throughout the month: the sacrifices were two different kinds of sheep and also goats. These are described as the regular offering to Shara from A-lul-lul. Dated in the second year of Gimil-Sin, King of Ur."
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative number P362899.
Date range: c.2000 BCE
Date: 2050
Keywords: Classics