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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Unkn. Prov. |
Tablet |
Loan Document
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Seal |
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SH42//AS06+ - 00 - 00 |
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Owner |
Museum No. |
Accession No. |
Excavation No. |
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Timeline Auctions (auction house), Brentwood, United Kingdom
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Author of Transliteration
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| Transliteration of text | 2021 | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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https://timelineauctions.com/lot/ur-iii-cuneiform-tablet-for-barley/172971/
«Western Asiatic Ur III Cuneiform Tablet for Barley.
Dated 2034 BC.
A small ceramic pillow-shaped cuneiform tablet with impressed text to both sides, indicating that this tablet is a receipt for barley, accompanied by a handwritten scholarly note, which states: 'O. Ur III Barley Receipt. 37mm x 37mm. Ur III Period. The tablet is dated to the third year of the reign of King Shu-Sin, 2034 BC. This is the archetypal administrative document, sealed by the scribe overseeing the transaction.' 22 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition. [No Reserve]
Provenance:
Ex central London gallery; acquired on the UK art market in 1998; formerly from an old London collection formed before 1992; believed examined by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology in the late 1980s and early 1990s; and accompanied by a copy of a handwritten and unsigned scholarly note, the original possibly by the late Professor; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10326-166497.»
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2.0.0 še ur5-ra gur
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maš2 tuku si-ge4-[de3]
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ki Ur-dŠul-pa-e3-ta (=(UD)./DU)
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kišib Ur-e2-nun-na
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r. 1
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ezem nesag šu šum2-mu-/dam
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(Seal)
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mu Ša-aš-ruki ba-hul
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Seal 1
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Ur-e2-nun-na
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dumu Ha-ba-lu5-[ge2]
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