Title
Envelope and letter in cuneiform writing
Caption
Envelope and letter in cuneiform writing, The envelope has marks of the seal used by the sender. The cuneiform signs are written from left to right and are pressed into the soft clay tablet with the slanded edge of a stylus. Ancient Middle East. Sumerian. c 3rd millenium BC. Ancient Iraq.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Charles University, Prague
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A15_383
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
51,1Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,0in x 15,3in / 3900 x 4582 (300dpi)