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Provenance |
Object |
Genre |
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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Unkn. Prov. |
Tablet |
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Date |
Dates Referenced |
Measurements |
Seal |
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Owner |
Museum No. |
Accession No. |
Excavation No. |
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Hixenbaugh Ancient Art (gallery), New York, NY, USA
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Author of Transliteration
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| Transliteration of text | 2007 | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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Picture sent by D.I. Owen (2007/02/27), who writes that it will be posted to www.hixenbaugh.net.
[M. Molina]
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http://www.hixenbaugh.net/gallery/detail.cfm?itemnum=2458
2007.12.26
«An ancient Mesopotamian clay tablet inscribed with 13 lines of Sumerian cuneiform text and a geometric field plan, no doubt, describing a division of city land into fields. The text lists amounts of land followed by individual's names. The plan illustrates a rectangular area subdivided with captions indicating lengths of the sides.
Third Dynasty of Ur, Ca. 2100-2000 BC.
Height: 2 7/8 in. (7.5 cm).
Intact and legible. A very rare and unusual, early real estate transaction”. Rough transliteration. “Formerly in the collection of Boris Blick (1922-2005), Professor Emeritus, University of Akron, Ohio, acquired 1970 to 1980.
Inv#: 2458
$18,000
Guaranteed Authentic”.»
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1
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5 ½ (x x x) / DU? ZI? TUR
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2
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ugula La-qi3-ip
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3
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120?+10? sar KU-la-NI
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4
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120?+15 sar Lu2-dInanna
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5
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60?+15 sar A-za-šu-mu
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6
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[×]+20+3 ⅓ sar URU?×X-sag-×
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7
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(x+) 1 ⅓ sar x-a
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8
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2 sar x-x-TUN3?
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9
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½ sar E-lu-ra-bi2
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10
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3 sar Ba-a-a?-x
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11
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x x e3-e3 / x x x
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r. 1
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x x sar 15? sar x
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(field plan with dimensions and measures)
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