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Title: Relief plaque with a banquet scene
Period: Early Dynastic IIIa
Date: ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia, Nippur
Culture: Sumerian
Medium: Gypsum alabaster
Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 7 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (28.3 x 18.5 x 7.4 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Object Number: 62.70.6a, b
“Al-Hiba: Expedition into the Past.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 16, 1972–January 21, 1973.
“Bread and Beer in the Ancient Near East,” Staten Island Museum, New York, November 1, 1981–April 30, 1982.
“Mesopotamia: Great Cultural Innovations, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, July 22, 2022–September 29, 2024.
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