Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal for tablet CT 031: contract for grain
Object Information
Object Information
Description
- Object no:
- CT 031a
- Title:
- Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal for tablet CT 031: contract for grain
- Creator and production place:
- Unknown
Girsu (modern Tello)
- Production date:
- 2100-2000 BC
- Dimensions:
- 45 mm x 42 mm (height x width)
- Material:
- Clay
- Language:
- Sumerian (language)
- Script type:
- Cuneiform script
- Collection:
- Clay Tablets collection
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Object name:
- Tablet
- Description:
- Ur III (2100-2000 BC) cuneiform tablet case with impression of cylinder seal of the scribe, Lu-Simaku 'the store-keeper' (with presentation scene) for tablet CT 031, recording a contract for grain, dated to the reign of Amar-Suen (king of the Ur), made of clay and produced at Girsu (modern Tello). The cylinder seal had end discs which have left deep impressions in the clay.
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