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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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AS05 - 00 - 00 |
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Excavation No. |
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Private collection: anonymous, Chicago, IL, USA
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Anonymous
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Author of Transliteration
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| Transliteration of text | 2016 | Arrojería, J. ( BDTNS ) | | Revision of text | 2017 | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15215/lot/168
«Sale 15215 - Antiquities, 26 Apr 2007
New Bond Street
Lot No: 168*
Five cuneiform inscribed clay tablets
Circa 2050-1700 B.C.
Variously inscribed with text in horizontal lines mostly of an administrative nature, including a complete square clay envelope tablet, with an administrative document about barley, overlaid with seal impressions, with a separate copy of the tablet inside, 1¾in (4.5cm), one corner chipped; two with administrative documents about aromatics; one with an administrative document about fodder for cattle, all 3rd Dynasty of Ur, circa 2050-2020 B.C., 1¾in (4.4cm); and an Old Babylonian tablet inscribed with a legal document about the sale of a slave, circa 1900-1700 B.C., 17/8in (4.8cm), with a fragment of the external envelope remaining, some chipped; and another clay tablet, Not Ancient, 1½in (3.9cm) chipped (6)
Provenance: Ex Leighton Wilkie Collection. Possibly acquired from a New York dealer in 1954. Accompanied by copies of two letters from Susette Khayat, dated September 30th and October 4th 1954, listing two Babylonian clay tablets, one of them believed to be a receipt for the rent of oil or cattle. Also a letter dated April 7 1955, acknowledging the receipt of two tablets written by Mrs Lila A. Willett, Secretary to Mr L.A. Wilkie. Followed by a photograph of the exhibition display at the Wilkie Brothers Foundation, entitled, 'When people wrote on clay', showing boxes of clay tablets on display, stamped on the back August 27, 1969.»
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Auctioned at Bonhams (2007), now in a private collection in Chicago (according to CDLI P313083).
[M. Molina]
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1
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5 ma-na sa
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2
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nig2-dab5 gišgu3-di-da
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3
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ki Da-da gala
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4
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giri3 Ur-dBa-u2
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r. 1
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ki A-kal-la ašgab-/ta
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2
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iti ezem-mah
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3
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ša3 bala-a
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(Seal)
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4
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mu En-unu6-gal dInanna ba-hun
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Seal 1
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Lu2-kal-la
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2
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dub-sar
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3
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dumu Ur-[nigarxgar] šuš3
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