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Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian/Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC. Artist: Unknown

Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian/Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC. The earliest tablets with written inscriptions represent the work of administrators, perhaps of large temple institutions, recording the allocation of rations or the movement and storage of goods. The pictographs were inscribed into the tablet with a sharp instrument. From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA.

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Title: Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian/Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC. Artist: Unknown

Caption: Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian/Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC. The earliest tablets with written inscriptions represent the work of administrators, perhaps of large temple institutions, recording the allocation of rations or the movement and storage of goods. The pictographs were inscribed into the tablet with a sharp instrument. From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA.

Personalities: MESOPOTAMIAN • SUMERIAN

Technique/material: ceramic

Credit: Album / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 3720 × 2822 px | 30.0 MB

Print size: 31.5 × 23.9 cm | 1464.6 × 1111.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ADMIN • ADMINISTRATION • ADMINISTRATIVE • ARTEFACT • ARTIFACT • AUTHORITY (INSTITUTION) • CERAMIC • CLAY • COLOR • COLOUR • COMMUNICATION • CONCEPT • FLUSH • GOVERNMENT • HIEROGLYPHIC • HIEROGLYPHICS • INSCRIPTION • LOCATION • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN • OBJECT • OBJECTS • PICTOGRAM • PICTOGRAPH • SCRIPT • SUMER • SUMERIAN • SYMBOL • TABLET • UMBRELLA • WRITING