Mesopotamian Administrative Tablet Mentioning Beer; Mesopotamian Administrative Tablet Mentioning Beer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2100-2000 BC. Sumerian account of foods for a messenger. Fragmentary, date not preserved.
1 bariga of ida-beer, 3 sila of beer, 1 ban of bread, 2 shekels of oil, 2 shekels of potash, 3 2 3
Agua on day 25;
1 bariga of dida-beer, sila of beer, 1 ban of bread, 2 shekels of oil, [...] potash, [.... ... ].

Ex Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962); The Hagop Kevorkian Fund (est. 1953); Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, Important Antiquities, 9 December 1981, Lot 70 [part]; Private Collection (D.A.), New York, acquired from the above sale. L. 1" W. 3/4"..