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Object |
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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Umma |
Tablet |
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Dates Referenced |
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Seal |
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SH25//SH44//IS03+ - 11 - 00 |
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82×48
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Collection |
Museum No. |
Accession No. |
Excavation No. |
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Bloomsbury Auctions (auction house), New York, NY, USA
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Anonymous (Previously: MIA 19:14.55)
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Record Contributors
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| Transliteration of text | 1961 | Jones, T., Snyder, J. ( SET 249 ) | | Revision of text | 2001 | Maaijer, R. de / Jagersma, B. ( CDLI ) | | Revision of text | 2001→ | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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Tablet auctioned at Bloomsbury Auctions (NY), 2009, where it is said to come from the Pinches collection. Previously published in SET 249 as property of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN).>>
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http://ny.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/NY028/1.0: "1. BABYLON, CUNEIFORM. Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Script. [Babylon, c.2250 BC]. A baked clay tablet (83 x 50 x 16mm), with 14 partial and complete lines of Old Babylonian cuneiform script on the obverse, concerning the offering of animals. Provenance: From the collection of the late Professor T.G. Pinches, distinguished Assyriol-ogist and British Museum scholar.
Message translation: “From the temple of Nin-Gal, for the service of the mighty gods of the empire the mountaineers of the Zagros have sent 83 cattle including 11 fat sheep, 29 sheep, 10 ewes, she-goats and male kids in the first year of the riegn on Bur-sin. Ascribed by Nin Pa Mu Da.”
A rare survival dating from the reign of Bur-sin, King of Ur, one of the greatest civilizations in antiquity. Lines of writing on each side in clear Sumerian language, this tablet seems to be a receipt for the offering of animals for sacrifice or an economic document issued by the Temple of Nin-Ga. Cuneiform tablets represent the earliest form of writing. A scribe would apply a reed or stylus to wet clay forming the wedge-shaped characters and pictograms, over time, shapes evolved and became more simplified. The cuneiform tablet was a common tool for communication amongst the ancient Sumerians, whose advancements laid the foundation for all written records.
est. $2000 – $3000
UnSold.>>
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1
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0.0.4 5 sila3 še-ba ⌈lugal⌉
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2
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E2-gal-e-si
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3
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0.0.4 5 Ur-dNin-⌈šubur⌉
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4
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0.0.4 5 Engar-zi
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5
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0.0.4 5 Lu2-d⌈Ig-alim⌉ ša3 [...]
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6
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0.0.4 5 Šeš-kal-la
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7
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0.0.4 5 Lu2-dUtu dumu AN-gu-gu
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8
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0.0.3 Lu2-kiri3-zal dumu [...]
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9
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0.0.3 Lugal-ezem dumu [...]
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10
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0.0.+1 2+ I3-li2-sa-[tu]
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r. 1
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0.0.4 5 dNanna-ki-ag2
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2
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0.0.4 5 Igi-dŠara2-še3
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3
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0.0.4 5 dŠara2-IGI.DU
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4
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––––––––––––
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5
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libir-am3
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6
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0.0.4 5 AN-ba-ba-a
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7
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0.0.4 5 Lu2-dŠara2 dumu Lu2-dUtu
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8
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0.0.4 5 Lu2-dingir-ra dumu A[n-ne2]-/ba-ab-du7
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9
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0.0.4 5 Lugal-ku3-zu
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10
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dah-hu-am3
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11
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12
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iti Pa4-u2-e
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13
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mu Si-mu-ru-umki / ba-hul
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