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Tablet with pictographs
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian
Uruk period IV
3500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 74 x 48 x 26 mm (2 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 inches)
Credit Line
Gift of Fay Safani in memory of Edward Safani
Accession Number2001.745
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsInscriptions
DescriptionTerracotta tablet with pictographs.
ProvenanceSaid to come from a European private collection. About 1990/1991, sold by a dealer in Europe to an American private collection; by 2001, sold by this private collection to Safani Gallery, New York; 2001, gift of Alan Safani to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2001)
NOTE: Provenance was provided by the dealer at the time of acquisition.
NOTE: Provenance was provided by the dealer at the time of acquisition.