Ur III Cuneiform Tablet Fragment, an Inventory of Linen and Metal Artifacts. Late 3rd millennium B.C. A fragment of a ceramic pillow-shaped tablet with impressed cuneiform text to both broad faces, an inventory of linen and metal artifacts, including a bronze masatum. Cf. The Oriental Institute Museum, Woods, C. ed., Visible language: inventions of writing in the ancient middle east and beyond, University of Chicago, 2010, p.68, for type. 21.9 grams, 56 mm (2 1/4 in.). Ex UK art market, 1970s.Property of a London gentleman. [No Reserve]