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Clay Token Balls and Interior Clay Tokens
UnknownLate Uruk, 3400-3100 BC
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
In ancient Mesopotamia, tokens could be sealed inside clay envelopes to demonstrate that nobody had tampered with a transaction. Here, a broken cross-section of an envelope with tokens sits next to an intact envelope.
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Details
- Title: Clay Token Balls and Interior Clay Tokens
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Late Uruk, 3400-3100 BC
- Physical Location: Chicago, IL
- Location Created: Chogha Mish, Iran
- Physical Dimensions: A64678: Diam: 7.8 cm / A32567: Diam. 6.3 cm
- Provenance: Acquired by the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Chogha Mish Expedition in 1966
- Type: A64678: Token Ball with tokens / A32567: Token Ball
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Exhibit Catalog: Visible Language (Cat. No. 32), ISACM A64678, D. 15970
- Medium: Clay
- Photographer: Austin M. Kramer
- Photograph Registration Number: D. 15970
- Object Registration Number: ISACM A64678 + A32567
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