Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment Relating to Food Distribution

LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

2 5/8 in. (82 grams, 67 mm).

A fragment of a pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with neatly impressed columns of cuneiform text, accounting of Ur III food distribution,
representing wages. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex UK art market, 1970s.
Property of a London gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988, pp.608-609, fig.111, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0884