Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 2 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (5.4 × 6 × 4.1 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Jemdet Nasr
Themes: Boars, Dogs, Hunting, Men
Purchase, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gift, 1988
Met highlightDate range
-3100 – -2900
Largest dimension
4.1 cm
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