Inscribed clay tablet, from Ur Sumer

An image of Tablet, inscribed in cuneiform with a note of one chicken brought as an offering. Clay, length 0.03 m, width 0.029m, 2054-2053 B.C. 3rd Dynasty of Ur. Ur Sumer (Iraq).

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Tablet, inscribed in cuneiform with a note of one chicken brought as an offering. Clay, length 0.03 m, width 0.029m, 2054-2053 B.C. 3rd Dynasty of Ur. Ur Sumer (Iraq).

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Accession Number: ANE.38.1926
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 757 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 554.73kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2012:03:07 09:28:21

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21st Century antiquity BC characters clay cuneiform Fitz_ANT inscribed inscriptions Iraqi language script Sumerian tablet writing board writing tablet

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