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A COMPLETE NEO-BABYLONIAN ADMINISTRATIVE TABLET
EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
With 18 lines of text, a receipt for partial payment for the rights of a fief for one month with the names of five witnesses, 1¼ x 1.7/8 in. (3.4 x 4.7 cm.); a complete Old Babylonian administrative text, 15 lines, 18th Century B.C., 1¾ x 1¼ in. (4.4 x 3.3 cm.); a complete Ur III tablet, 14 lines of Sumerian text, a receipt for flour from various named individuals, reign of Shulgi, year 37, 2058 B.C., 1¾ x 1.3/8 in. (4.3 x 3.6 cm.); a complete tablet, 6 lines, a receipt for flour, with seal impressions, minor flake to one corner, Shulgi, year 40, 2055 B.C., 1.3/8 x 1.3/8 in. (3.6 x 3.6 cm.); a well preserved complete tablet, 9 lines of clear script, a receipt for five suckling lambs received by Dayyany, Shulgi, year 45, 2050 B.C., 1.1/8 x 1 in. (3 x 2.6 cm.); another complete tablet, 7 lines, concerning eighty-five workmen for one day and their wages, with seal impressions, reign of Amar-Sin, year 9, 2038 B.C., 1½ x 1½ in. (3.9 x 3.8 cm.), from Umma; another complete tablet, 10 lines, a receipt for sheep with clear seal impressions of the ratifying official, reign of Ibbi-Sin, Year 1, 2028 B.C., 1¾ x 1½ in. (4.5 x 4 cm.); and an Ur III receipt for reed objects, 7 lines, with seal impression, chip to one corner, undated, 1½ x 1.3/8 in. (3.9 x 3.4 cm.) (8)
EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
With 18 lines of text, a receipt for partial payment for the rights of a fief for one month with the names of five witnesses, 1¼ x 1.7/8 in. (3.4 x 4.7 cm.); a complete Old Babylonian administrative text, 15 lines, 18th Century B.C., 1¾ x 1¼ in. (4.4 x 3.3 cm.); a complete Ur III tablet, 14 lines of Sumerian text, a receipt for flour from various named individuals, reign of Shulgi, year 37, 2058 B.C., 1¾ x 1.3/8 in. (4.3 x 3.6 cm.); a complete tablet, 6 lines, a receipt for flour, with seal impressions, minor flake to one corner, Shulgi, year 40, 2055 B.C., 1.3/8 x 1.3/8 in. (3.6 x 3.6 cm.); a well preserved complete tablet, 9 lines of clear script, a receipt for five suckling lambs received by Dayyany, Shulgi, year 45, 2050 B.C., 1.1/8 x 1 in. (3 x 2.6 cm.); another complete tablet, 7 lines, concerning eighty-five workmen for one day and their wages, with seal impressions, reign of Amar-Sin, year 9, 2038 B.C., 1½ x 1½ in. (3.9 x 3.8 cm.), from Umma; another complete tablet, 10 lines, a receipt for sheep with clear seal impressions of the ratifying official, reign of Ibbi-Sin, Year 1, 2028 B.C., 1¾ x 1½ in. (4.5 x 4 cm.); and an Ur III receipt for reed objects, 7 lines, with seal impression, chip to one corner, undated, 1½ x 1.3/8 in. (3.9 x 3.4 cm.) (8)
Provenance
Item three: ink-inscribed monogram of Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982).