Artist Sumerian, Mesopotamian
Title
  • Cuneiform Tablet Recording Payment of One Ox
Date ca. 2050 BCE
Medium clay
Dimensions Overall: 1 1/16 × 1 × 9/16 inches (2.7 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Henry G. Stevens
Accession Number 19.24.13
Department Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1 (see map)
Prof. Albert Clay, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA);
purchased by Henry Glover Stevens (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)