Cuneiform bulla: label
Object Information
Object Information
Description
- Object no.:
- CT 005
- Object name:
- Tablet
- Title:
- Cuneiform bulla: label
- Creator and production place:
- Unknown
Girsu (modern Tello)
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Clay Tablets collection
- Production date:
- 2500-2340 BC
- Dimensions:
- 25 mm x 36 mm (height x width)
- Material:
- Clay
- Language:
- Sumerian (language)
- Script type:
- Cuneiform script
- Description:
- Early Dynastic IIIb (2500-2340 BC) cuneiform bulla (bead-shaped pierced with a hole through the middle for a cord/string) recording the name of the 'lord of the garrison, Amar-izin, the official Lu-igi' and the name of the king, 'Urukagina, King of Lagash', made of clay and produced in Girsu (modern Tello), Iraq.
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