Accountancy_clay_envelope_Louvre_Sb1932.jpg

Object

Description

English: Globular envelope with a cluster of accounting tokens. Clay, Uruk period. From the Tell of the Acropolis in Susa.

Français : Bulle-enveloppe et ses jetons de comptabilité. Terre cuite, période d'Uruk. Provenance : tell de l'Acropole à Suse.

Date

Uruk period

Medium

clay

Collection

Louvre Museum ( Inventory )

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF : 257711507 ISNI : 000000012260177X ULAN : 500125189 LCCN : n80020283 NLA : 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Iran antique, room 7: Iran, Susiane et plateau iranien . Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

Sb 1932

Credit line

1933-1939: excavated by Roland de Mecquenem. Place: Susa .

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database : entry 17360

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Date	2009
Source	Own work
Author	Marie-Lan Nguyen
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Room 232

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