Lot 142
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A SUMERIAN INSCRIBED BLACK STONE FRAGMENT, probably part of a door-post socket, with a curving band of cuneiform inscription reading "... of his/her heart, who trusts in Igalima, who is submissive to the word of Nindara, named by Hendursaga, the son borne by ...", circa 2500-2100 B.C.

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A SUMERIAN INSCRIBED BLACK STONE FRAGMENT, probably part of a door-post socket, with a curving band of cuneiform inscription reading "... of his/her heart, who trusts in Igalima, who is submissive to the word of Nindara, named by Hendursaga, the son borne by ...", circa 2500-2100 B.C.
8in. (20.2cm.) across max.

Lot Essay

The fragment dips down into a central hollow in which the pole supporting the door probably rested. The text is from the middle of the complete inscription and is part of the description and epithets of a ruler of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash, although the name of the actual ruler is not preserved

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