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Administrative Tablet with a Record of Rations of Beer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Administrative Tablet with a Record of Rations of Beer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010
Title: Cuneiform tablet: record of rations of beer, bread, oil, and onions for messengers

Period: Ur III

Date: ca. 2028 B.C.

Geography: Mesopotamia, Umma (modern Jokha)

Medium: Clay

Dimensions: 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. (3 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm)

Classification: Clay-Tablets, Inscribed

Credit Line: Gift of Archbishop Elias F. Shaheen, 1985

Accession Number: 1985.180.2

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

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