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Object |
CDLI |
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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Irisaĝrig |
Tablet |
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Dates Referenced |
Measurements |
Seal |
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AS08+ - 04 - 17 |
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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 | 2013 | Owen, D.I. ( Nisaba 15/2 0097 ) | | Revision of text | 2013 | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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http://www.collector-antiquities.com/400/
«19/17.136
Another "messenger text" dated to the first year of reign of the preceeding king, Shu Suen.
Years often had names. This year is "the year the high priestess of Nanna of Karzida was selected".
This tablet records sheep meat, stew and fish to be provided for five people.
One name is encrusted and has not yet been read but the others are : Billa, Ahuni, Ballanum and Susua.
58mm x 38mm.»
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«The tablets shown in the photos in this section, placed here between 2006 and 2009, are in private collections in various countries and are not offered for sale.
Most, apart from just a few which are in my own collection, were sent to me many years ago to take better photographs to aid reading of them. I placed these photos here to illustrate the types of tablet which were on the market at this time when the cuneiform reading service was launched. We very much encourage collectors to have their tablets read and to share them with academic resources. I thought that by showing how very interesting such tablets can be, this would encourage collectors to have their tablets read.»
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«WESTERN ASIATIC NEO-SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM MESSENGER TABLET FROM IRI-SAGRIG 2037 BC A baked clay tablet with cuneiform text in columns. 48 grams, 59mm (2 3/4"). Fine condition. Provenance From a Swiss collection; London collection, formed in the 1980s. Published Owen, D.I. Cuneiform Texts Primarily from Iri-Saĝrig/Āl-Šarrākī and the History of the Ur III Period, CDL Press 2013, pp. 93-94, text no. 97. Footnotes From the palace archive of the Sumerian city Iri-Saĝrig. A messenger tablet is a voucher for rations of food and drink to be collected at way station during a journey. This one is particularly unique because each of named messengers is followed by a description of his mission: "one portion of mutton, Zuzua, royal messenger, when he came for the soldier-workers at the place of the priestly office." According to prof. David Owen the Iri-Saĝrig archive is probably the archive of governor whose office was in the local palace. The king and other members of the royal family occasionally traveled to Iri-Saĝrig, perhaps on their way to or from Nippur or other towns. No town in Sumer was visited more often by the king than Iri-Saĝrig. This may explain the presence of so many royal messengers and other royal functionaries associated with the town.»
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1
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1 ma-la-ku udu
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2
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2 sila3 tu7 2 ku6
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3
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Bi2-la-a lu2-kin-gi4-a / lugal
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4
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u4 maškim sipa-še3 / im-gen-na-a
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5
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1 sila3 tu7 1 ku6
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6
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A-hu-ni lu2-kin-gi4-a lugal
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7
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1 sila3 tu7 1 ku6
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8
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Bu-la-lum lu2-kin-gi4-a lugal
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9
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u4 BAD3.ANki-še3 ba-e-re-ša-a
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10
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1 ma-la-ku udu
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11
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2 sila3 tu7 2 ku6
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12
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Zu-zu-a lu2-kin-gi4-a lugal
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r. 1
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u4 eren2 ki nam-gala-še3 / im-gen-na-a
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2
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1 ma-la-ku udu
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3
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2 sila3 tu7 2 ku6
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4
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ša3 uruki
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5
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2 ma-la-ku udu
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6
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3 sila3 tu7 3 ku6
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7
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kaskal-še3
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8
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Nig2-u2-rum lu2-kin-gi4-a / lugal
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9
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u4 ⌈x x-x-x⌉-še3 im-gen-na-a
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10
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11
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šu-nigin2 5 ma-la-ku udu
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12
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šu-nigin2 11 sila3 tu7
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13
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šu-nigin2 11 ku6
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lo.ed. 14
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zi-ga iti ezem-dLi9-si4
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15
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mu en Eriduki / ba-hun
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le.ed. 1
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u4 17-kam
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