Cuneiform Messenger Tablet
Unidentified Babylonian maker
Mesopotamia
2300 BCE
Terracotta
Overall: 1 7/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.7 × 3.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of The Dartmouth Scientific Association
23.1.7191
Geography
Place Made: Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, West Asia, Asia
Period
3000-2000 BCE
Object Name
Written Communication
Research Area
Near East
Not on view
Provenance
Dartmouth Scientific Association; given to present collection, 1923.
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