Cuneiform Tablet HMANE1911.10.160

Description

Cuneiform economic text. Baked clay. Early Bronze Age (Ur III). 1911.10.160. This tablet documents the delivery of leather footwear, including many which were dyed using an imported greenish-blue pigment. These boots and sandals were valued enough to be given as gifts to important foreign dignitaries. Additional photographs and information about the artifact are published online through the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), easily accessed through the following link. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116200 *Scanned by Andréa Martinez with the Artec Spider 3D Scanner*