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Sherd from Large Measuring Jar

721 BC - 705 BC
Clay
Khorsabad
11.2 cm x 16.3 cm x 1.7 cm
A17599

Oriental Institute Museum

Artifact Description

Sherd from Large Measuring Jar

This is a sherd (fragment) of a large clay jar used to measure the quantity of certain materials. Numerical notations inscribed on the outer side of the sherd may indicate volume measurements.

Collected by

Gordon Loud (in charge of excavations at Khorsabad)
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1934-1935

Multimedia

The Ancient City of Khorsabad
Dr. Gil Stein, Director of the Oriental Institute, discusses the importance of the ancient capital city of Khorsabad in this video.

Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
What was life like in ancient Mesopotamia? Find out in this video featuring Oriental Institute Assyriologist Dr. Martha Roth.

An Early Clay Tablet
See how this early clay tablet used pictures to communicate.

Suggested Readings

Hodges, Henry. Technology in the Ancient World. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1992.

Moss, Carol. Science in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Franklin Watts, 1989.

Parpola, Simo. Letters from Assyria and the West: The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 1987.

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