Administrative tablet: grant of land to a temple official (?)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- 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
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