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Period	Language	Provenance	Object	Genre
Ur III	Sumerian	Irisaĝrig	Tablet	Messenger Text
Date	Dates Referenced		Measurements	Seal
AS08]+ - 12] - 09)				N

Owner	Museum No.	Accession No.	Excavation No.
Timeline Auctions (auction house), Brentwood, United Kingdom	Anonymous

Publication
Owen, D.I.	2013	Nisaba 15/2 0129	Edition (T)
–––	2024	Timeline Auctions Lot 0190 #223323	Auction (P)
–––	2021	ePSD P453653	Resource (T)
–––	–––	CDLI P453653	Resource
Ozaki, T.	2015	AfO 53, p. 306	Study

Author of Transliteration
Transliteration of text	2013	Owen, D.I. ( Nisaba 15/2 0129 )
Revision of text	2013	Molina, M. ( BDTNS )
Revision of text	2017	Arrojería, J. ( BDTNS )

Remarks

https://timelineauctions.com/lot/old-babylonian-cuneiform-messenger-tablet-recording-the-journeys-of-ro/223323/
«OLD BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM MESSENGER TABLET RECORDING THE JOURNEYS OF ROYAL ENVOYS
UR III, 19TH-20TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (186 grams, 89 mm).
Pillow-shaped clay tablet with dense rows of cuneiform text in two columns to each face, (79 lines in total); accompanied by a printed (partial) transliteration and explanation of the text which relates to a messenger, his name, the amounts of food and purpose of his travel; in this case the food is beer and bread: this record on the envoys and their journeys includes those of: 'ili-(...), Turam-Ili, Ili-bani, Lu-Baba, Shu-Ea, Ur-Shulpae, Ipkusha, Lu(gal?)-e(?), Hurasi-x, Shu-Eshar, Dada-lu, Dudu, Shu-Erra, Shu-Ninshubur(?), Annania, Puzur-{d}hu-ia5, Ababum, Ur-Eanna, Lugal-(hegal?), Arad-Nana, Shu-Enlila, Lu-Nanna, Lu-{d}x-ni-a, Ri-ti-AB-ta, Apilia, Ur-Enki, Nanna-bazi, and Lu-Ninshubur.'
PROVENANCE:Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.Thence by descent to family members.Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.Accompanied by a typed and illustrated report with translation.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12120-216213.»
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i 1	5 (sila₃ kaš 5 sila₃) ninda
2	I₃-li₂-(ki-ib-ri₂) lu₂-/(kin-gi₄-a) lugal
3	(u₄ eren₂ udu ur₄-de₃ zi-z)i-/(de₃ im-gen-na)-a
4	(5 sila₃ kaš 5 sila₃) ninda
5	(Da-a-a sukkal lu₂)-kin-/(gi₄)-a lugal
6	(u₄ maškim lu₂) di-da-/ka-še₃ im-gen-na-a
7	5 sila₃ kaš 5 sila₃ ninda
8	Tu-ra-am-i₃-li₂ / lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
9	u₄ eren₂ zah₃ lu₂ Uru-sag-rig₇^ki dab₅-ba-de₃ (=PA./HUB₂.DU)
10	im-gen-na-a
11	3 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
12	DINGIR-ba-ni lu₂-kin-gi₄-a / lugal
13	u₄ eren₂ zah₃ arad₂ e₂-gal dab₅-/de₃ im-gen-na-a
ii 1	5 sila₃ kaš 5 sila₃ ninda (PN)
2	5 sila₃ kaš 5 sila₃ ninda
3	Lu₂-^dBa-u₂ lu₂-/kin-gi₄-a lugal
4	u₄ šah₂-še₃ im-gen-na-a
5	5 sila₃ kaš 5 sila₃ ninda
6	Šu-E₂-a lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
7	5 sila₃ kaš 5 sila₃ ninda
8	Ur-^dŠul-pa-e₃ (...)
9	u₄ ^anšekunga₂ zi-gu₅-um (gub-ba)
10	3 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
11	Ep-qu₂-ša lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
12	u₄ Zi-ti-an^ki-(še₃ im-gen-na-a)
13	3 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
14	Lu₂-E₂-a lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
15	u₄ ki Da-da-ni-še₃ / im-gen-na-a
16	5 sila₃ kaš 5 sila₃ ninda
17	Hu-ra-zi sukkal lu₂-kin-/gi₄-a lugal
18	3 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
r. i 1	Šu-Eš₁₈-tar₂ lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
2	3 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
3	Da-da lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
4	3 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
5	Du-du lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
6	u₄ BAD₃.AN^ki-še₃ ba-e-re-ša-a
7	3 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
8	Šu-Ir₃-ra lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
9	3 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
10	Šu-^dKab-ta lu₂-kin-gi₄-a lugal
11	u₄ BAD₃.AN^ki-ta
12	ki lugal-še₃ ba-e-re-ša-a
13	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
14	^dNa-du₃-a-IGI.DU muhaldim
15	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
16	Puzur₄-^dŠuba₃ muhaldim
17	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
18	A-ba-bu-um muhaldim
19	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
20	Ur-e₂-an-na muhaldim
21	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
22	Lu₂-dingir-ra
lo.ed. 23	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
24	(Ur-mes)
r. ii 1	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
2	Arad₂-^dNanna
3	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
4	Šu-^dEn-lil₂-la₂
5	ma₂-lah₅-me
6	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
7	Lu₂-^dNanna
8	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
9	Nam-ti-eš₃-ta
10	lu₂-ma₂-sag-ga₂-me
11	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
12	A-pi₅-li₂-a
13	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
14	Ur-^dEn-ki
15	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
16	^dNanna-ba-zi-gen₇^! (="gim₆")
17	2 sila₃ kaš 2 sila₃ ninda
18	Lu₂-^dNin-šubur
19	ma₂-lah₅-a-kin-me
20	u₄ giri₃ nin-še₃ im-/e-re-ša-a
lo.ed. 21	šu-nigin₂ 0.1.3 1 sila₃ kaš
22	(šu-nigin₂ 0.1.2 4 sila₃) ninda
23	[zi-ga iti še-KIN-ku₅]
24	[mu en Eridu^ki ba-hun]
le.ed. 1	(u₄ 9-kam)