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Object |
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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Irisaĝrig |
Tablet |
Messenger Text
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Date |
Dates Referenced |
Measurements |
Seal |
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XXXX - XX - 01 |
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68 L
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Owner |
Museum No. |
Accession No. |
Excavation No. |
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Artemission.com Antiquities (gallery), London, United Kingdom
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Author of Transliteration
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| Transliteration of text | 2017 | Arrojería, J. ( BDTNS ) | | Revision of text | 2018 | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15940/lot/353
«Bonhams Sale 15940 - Antiquities, 1 May 2008
New Bond Street
Lot No: 353
Six cuneiform clay tablets
Circa 2300-1700 B.C.
An Akkadian administrative document, circa 2300-2200 B.C.; five Sumerian tablets consisting of administrative and legal documents including an envelope tablet, Third Dynasty of Ur, circa 2060-2020 B.C.; and and an Old Babylonian tablet consisting of a letter about a boat, circa 1900-1700 B.C., sizes ranging from 2½in x 1¾in (6.8cm x 4.5cm) - 4in x 2in (10cm x 5cm), some repairs and chips (6)
Sold for £2,640 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
Provenance: Property of an Australian private collector, acquired in lieu or medical services provided in January 1980, formerly in the collection of Mr J. Glitman, who began collecting in the 1950s and was a retired antiques dealer of Balaclava, Victoria, Australia.»
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http://www.artemission.com/ViewItemDetails.asp?ItemNumber=20.17174
«Sumerian Cuneiform Clay Tablet, Third Dynasty of Ur 2030 - 2020 B.C., Australian collection.
(Sumerian Clay Tablet)
Item number: 20.17174
Item category: - Cuneiform & Tablets
Size: 6.8 cm L - 2 11/16”
Price: US$ 1300
With 17 lines of Sumerian cuneiform on obverse and reverse: An administrative document listing rations of soup and fish issued to the king’s messenger. From the period of the Third Dynasty of Ur
Comes with translation and dating.
Material : Clay
Culture : Sumerian, Third Dynasty of Ur 2030 - 2020 B.C.
Condition : Some salt encrustation, upper right-hand corner restored.
Display stand included
Provenance: Bonham’s auction, previously property of an Australian private collection, acquired in 1980, and formerly collection of Mr. J. Giltman, who began collecting in the 1950s and was a retired antique dealer in Balaclava, Victoria, Australia.»
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A fragment of a different tablet has been glued.
[M. Molina]
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[...] (obv. well preserved but covered with salt and dirt)
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r. 1
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[I3?-li2?]-⌈ki?-ib⌉-ri lu2-kin-gi4-a lugal
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2
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1 sila3 tu7 1 ⌈ku6⌉
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⌈Šar⌉-ru-⌈um-ba⌉-ni lu2-kin-gi4-a lugal
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4
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u4 lu2-zah3? dab5-ba-de3? im-e-re-ša-(a)
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––––––––––––
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6
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zi-[ga]
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7
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iti eze[m-...]
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8
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m[u ...]
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le.ed. 1
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u4 1-kam
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