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Provenance |
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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Umma |
Tablet |
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Seal |
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SH41 - 12 - 00 |
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Owner |
Museum No. |
Accession No. |
Excavation No. |
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eBay Inc. (auction house), San Jose, CA, USA
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Author of Transliteration
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| Transliteration of text | 2015 | Arrojería, J. ( BDTNS ) | | Revision of text | 2020 | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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http://cgi.ebay.com «1.5” x 1.5,” with cuneiform writing on both sides. Accompanied by a note from W.G. Lambert of the Department of Ancient History at Birmingham, England, in full: “Clay tablet inscribed with 9 lines of Sumerian cuneiform on obverse and reverse, the surface rolled with the scribe’s cylinder seal naming the city governor (the scribe used his boss’s seal). Administrative document recording the receipt of 2 gur of barley for offering purposes by Sheshani from Ird. From Umma, a Sumerian town near the Gulf, dated to the 12th month of the 41st year of Shulgi, second king of the Rhird Dynasty of Ur, c. 2054 B.C.” Estimate: US $600.00 - US $800.00 Location: Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA Auction Date: Dec-08-02 10:00:00 PST Time zone reference.» [WEB] ------
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2.0.0 še gur lugal
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2
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⌈sa2?⌉-du11 ⌈A?-tu?⌉
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a-ša3 gišMa-nu-ta
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4
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ki Arad2-ta
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5
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Šeš-a-ni
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r.
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(photo of rev. not given)
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Seal
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Seal illegible
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