Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letters and index cards, 1939
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of three cuneiform clay tablets from the ancient sites of Drehem and Umma in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), dating to about 2400-2100 BCE. The cuneiform script on the tablets relates to administrative and economic transactions, including the receipt for the delivery of oxen, sheep, and goats to a temple; a sales receipt for the killing of an ox; and records of the temple transactions. Two of the three tablets have been marked by the seller with the numbers one and...
Dates:
1939