Ur III Clay Tablet Receipts
Neo-Sumerian clay cuneiform receipt tablets recording deliveries or receipts of goods within Ur III administration.
Core metadata
- ID: clay_tablet_receipts
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -2041 (decade)
- Region: Ur III Mesopotamia, including Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan) and Nippur
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- None.
Fields
Field lanes
- Finance & Markets: Money & Accounting
Node sources
- Cuneiform tablet: receipt of cattle (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2026, museum) • Supports: node, maturity
- Cuneiform tablet: receipt of metals (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2026, museum) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 87%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- primary_source: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
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| Writing (writing) | required | 90% | primary_source | The scoped receipts are cuneiform tablets; a written sign system is required for the receipt record. |
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| Clay Gathering and Preparation (clay_gathering_and_preparation) | required | 84% | primary_source | The scoped receipts are clay tablets, so prepared clay suitable for inscription is the direct material prerequisite; fired pottery vessels are not required. |
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