Title
Cuneiform tablet
Date
circa 2650 BCE
Creator
Unknown (Sumerian)
Sumerian
Coverage
Style/Period: cuneiform; Mesopotamian
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Collection: McCorkill loan
Type
inscriptions
Format
Materials/Techniques: cuneiform wedged onto terracotta
Measurements: 5 cm long, 4 cm wide
Description
Terracotta tablet with cuneiform impressed on both sides. Inscription, provided by the Yale Babylonian Collection: "5 quarts of good beer, 3 quarts of bread, 2 sheqel oil, 2 sheqel alkali, 1 fish, 1 bushel onions (for) Shu-Sin. 6 quarts of beer, 4 quarts of bread, 2 sheqel oil, 2 sheqel alkali, 1 fish, 1 bushel onions for Ilimit. 2 jugs of ordinary beer of 20 quarts, 40 quarts of royal bread, 1/3 quart of sesame oil, food for the runners. Ilimiti was conveyor. Day 13, month of the festival of Shulgi. [no year date]"
Subject
cuneiform; tablet
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: L.00.09.01-I
Record: UO-MCA-L-00-09-01-I
Source
Cataloguer: Rhys Tushingham, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Rhys Tushingham, University of Ottawa
Image Date: 2025-08-26
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee