6001

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MuseumThe National Museum of Iraq

Object TypeLabels

Season Number04: 1925-1926

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Object TypeTablet

Culture/PeriodUr III

TechniqueInscribed

Text GenreAdministrative and Legal

MaterialSteatite

MaterialUnfired

U Number6001

Description (Catalog Card)Rectangular label. Black steatite. Inscribed with text in 6 vertical columns on side, 8 on other. Pierced vertices. Dated Shilgi year 36 (=48). Basket of tablets: barley issued from the wood-store; cash from the income office, barley balance presented to the farmer; sesame seed; thread; dates brought in and balance of interest. There are 11 clay tablets, 1 total of gifts. The 13th month after the building of Duramati. H.C. In text: 9h3 [drawing 1:1]Woolley's description

Find Context (Catalog Card)Found with U.6002 in the loose soil thrown out from Taylor's dig against NW side of EH

Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (IM Number)IM 1159

Tablet ID NumberP137383

Measurement (Catalog Card)43mm by 33mm [L.43mm, W.33mm based on 1:1 drawing]

Measurement (Height)43Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

Measurement (Width)33Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects