cuneiform tablet

Description

A rectangular cuneiform tablet in pink clay with rounded sides and the bottom corner missing. This piece has been broken across the centre and repaired. The label describes it as "Babylonian tablet of baked clay, inscribed in cuneiform characters, with a long list of baskets, etc. containing fish, dates, and animals, also animal skins containing grain, etc." "Akkadian period, about 2500 B.C."

Metadata

Identifier f1ck93gb
IRN 773980
Class Mark Leeds Tablet 3
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/f1ck93gb
Collection(s) Cookery Collection
Category Archive Object
Medium clay
Parent Record Cookery Manuscripts
Date c2500 BCE
Size and Medium 1 tablet, 1 label

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