Cuneiform tablet: messenger tablet
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Neo-Sumerian
Period: Ur III
Date: ca. 2112–2004 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. (3.4 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Umma (modern Jokha) (?)
Credit line: Gift of Archbishop Elias F. Shaheen, 1985
Accession year: 1985