Sumerian administrative cuneiform clay tablet.
[Mesopotamia, ca. 2400 BCE].
Ca. 75 x 50 mm. Stored in custom-made half morocco clamshell case.
€ 3.500,00
Very early and relatively large clay tablet, dating to the late Proto-dynastic or early Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history. As most comparable objects, the tablet was probably part of the administration of a temple.
With surface wear affecting some text and a few cracks.