ticketsMember | Make a donation

Administrative tablet: grant of land to a temple official (?)

ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Administrative tablet: grant of land to a temple official (?)
  • Period: Jemdet Nasr
  • Date: ca. 3100–2900 BCE
  • Geography: Mesopotamia
  • Culture: Sumerian
  • Medium: Steatite or chlorite
  • Dimensions: 3 7/8 × 4 1/16 × 1 5/16 in. (9.9 × 10.3 × 3.4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Lent by The General Theological Seminary
  • Object Number: L.1988.89
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art