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Object |
CDLI |
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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Umma |
Tablet |
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Dates Referenced |
Measurements |
Seal |
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SH38+ - 00 - 00 |
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Owner |
Museum No. |
Accession No. |
Excavation No. |
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Hixenbaugh Ancient Art (gallery), New York, NY, USA
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Author of Transliteration
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| Transliteration of text | 1994 | Owen, D.I. ( JCS 46, p. 24 no. 13 ) | | Revision of text | 2001 | Maaijer, R. de / Jagersma, B. ( CDLI ) | | Revision of text | 2001→ | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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http://www.hixenbaugh.net/hixenbaugh_ancient_art_website_020.htm
«An inscribed clay tablet from Umma or Girsu with an administrative text concerning the receipt of bitumen (a black tar used, among other things, by the Egyptians for embalming). The tablet is sealed and dated to the reign of King Shu-Suen, year 5, which equals 2033 BC (according to most chronologies).
Transliteration...................Translation
Obverse:
(1) 2 esir-had-a gur / lugal........2 bushels of dry bitumen by the royal measure
(2) se-bi 8 gur...........................its value, 8 bushels of barley
(3) ki Ur-dummu-zi / da-ta........from Ur-Dummuzi
Reverse:
(1) kisib lugal-ezen...................Sealed by Lugalezen.
(2) mu-us-sa bad ba-du.............The year following the year the wall was built.
Seal impression (faint): Lugal-ezen dumu-...
Complete, and intact, some areas of discoloration. Characters are clearly legible. Translated by Renee Kovacs. Height: 1 7/8 in (4.5 cm). From either Umma or Girsu in Southern Meopotamia. IIIrd Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004), 5th year of the reign of Shu-Suen, ca. 2033 BC.
Shu-Suen (or Shu-Sin) was one of two sons of Shulgi (2094-2047) to succeed him. The first, Amar-Sin, reigned from 2046 to 2038. Shu-Suen ruled after his brother from 2037 to 2029. His reign marked the decline of the Third Dynasty of Ur. It was during the fifth year of his reign that he built a wall between the Tigris and the Euphrates in an attempt to keep marauding tribes of Amorites from the south west out. It failed and the dynasty collapsed under the reign of his son, Ibbi-Sin.
Ex California private collection.»
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Tablet formerly in a private collection in California, published by Owen, JCS 46, p. 24 13, then auctioned at Hixenbaugh Ancient Art (2005).
[M. Molina]
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2.0.0 esir2 e2-a gur / lugal
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2
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še-bi 8.0.0 gur
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3
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ki Ur-dDumu-zi-/da-ta
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r. 1
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kišib Lugal-ezem
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(Seal)
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2
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mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3
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Seal 1
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Lugal-⌈ezem⌉ du[b-sar]
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2
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dumu [Lugal-e2-mah-e]
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3
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ša[bra]
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