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Period |
Language |
Provenance |
Object |
Genre |
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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Ĝirsu |
Tablet and Envelope |
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Date |
Dates Referenced |
Measurements |
Seal |
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AS05 - 03 - 20 |
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S |
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Owner |
Museum No. |
Accession No. |
Excavation No. |
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Christie's (auction house), London, United Kingdom
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(=Amherst –––)
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Publication
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| ––– | 2006 | Christie's 2006.06.16 Lot 28 Sale 1679 | Auction (P) | | ––– | 2021 | ePSD P332821 | Resource (T) | | ––– | ––– | CDLI P332821 | Resource |
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Author of Transliteration
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| Transliteration of text | 2006 | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ancient-art-antiquities/a-mesopotamian-terracotta-cuneiform-envelope-and-table-4722421-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4722421&sid=a4fae527-a42f-4eb4-88af-460c2a66e811
«Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 U.S. dollars
Pre-lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Lot Description
A MESOPOTAMIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM ENVELOPE AND TABLET
UR III, REIGN OF AMAR-SUEN, YEAR 5, CIRCA 2043 B.C.
Both inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform with almost identical administrative texts; the tablet recording "231 2/3 kor (of barley) for 1 day, remainder from the balanced account of Ur-gula. Month 'Festival of Lisi' (month III of the calendar of the city of Lagash), day 20, year (named): 'Enunugalanna was installed as en-priest of Inana in Uruk' (Amar-Suen year 5);" the envelope rolled with the seal of "Ur-Gula, scribe, son of Gani," and depicting a presentation scene with a seated deity, perhaps Ningirsu, patron of Lagash, with a spread-winged eagle above his hand, preserving traces of a similar text as the tablet, clearly recording the same month, day and year
Tablet: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long
Envelope: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Lord Amherst of Hackney.
with Charles Ede, London, 1989.»
[M. Molina]
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| Text |
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Tabl.+Env. 1
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180+50 ⌈x (x)⌉ ⅔ gur / u4-1-še3
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2
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si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-aka
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3
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Ur-gu-la
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r. 1
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iti ezem-dLi9-si4
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2
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u4 20-kam
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3
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mu En-unu6-gal dInanna Unuki ba-a-hun
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Seal 1
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Ur-gu-la
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2
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dub-sar
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3
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dumu Ga-NI
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