MH 2016.14.3 (sealed)

Culture: Mesopotamian; Babylonian Title: Tablet with cuneiform inscription documenting hired labor Date Made: ca. 2063 BCE (Third Dynasty of Ur, Shulgi year 32, month 3) Type: Written Communication Materials: Clay Place Made: Asia; Mesopotamia; Sumeria; Drehem Measurements: Overall: 1 1/8 in x 1 11/16 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.9 cm x 4.3 cm x 4.4 cm Accession Number: MH 2016.14.3 Credit Line: Transfer from the Department of Religion, Mount Holyoke College Label Text: TRANSLATION: “10 hired men, 2 bariga each is their hire, 1 bariga each is their sustenance, their barley is 6 gur. For half a month the disbursement for them is, in barigas, 15. Third month of the thirty-second year of Shulgi, king of Ur.” Photography and photogrammetry by Laura Shea, Digital Collections Coordinator and Museum Photographer Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA, Copyright: Contact the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA 01075 413-538-2245 http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum/