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UR III PERIOD, CIRCA 2000 B.C.
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A GROUP OF ELEVEN SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM CLAY TABLETS
UR III PERIOD, CIRCA 2000 B.C.
Comprising a complete tablet with 16 lines of text, a receipt for vegetables received by Shu-ninkarrak, sealed, worn, chip to obverse, 2¼ x 1¾ in. (5.5 x 4.5 cm.); another, baked, 14 lines of text, a receipt for livestock, multiple sealings, scored by seal caps, worn and repaired, dated to the accession year of Shu-Sin, 2037 B.C., 1¾ x 2 1/8 in. (4.5 x 5.3 cm.); another complete baked tablet, 11 lines of text, a receipt for an ox skin, with seal impressions, reign of Amar-Sin, Year 3, 2044 B.C., 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) sq.; another, 9 lines of text, a receipt of objects for the palace, sealed, chips to reverse, reign of Amar-Sin, Year 7, 2037 B.C., 1¾ in. (3.2 cm.) sq.; a complete lightly fired tablet, 9 lines of text, a receipt for seed barley received by Nur-ili, dated to the year Puzrish-Dagan was founded, reign of Shulgi, Year 37, 2057 B.C., 1 1/8 x ½ in. (2.8 x 1.2 cm.); another, 7 lines of text, a receipt for flour, sealed, reign of Shu-Sin, Year 8, 2029 B.C., 1 5/8 x 1½ in. (4.1 x 4 cm.); a tablet with 7 lines of text, a receipt for dates, by Shu-Ishtar, sealed by Lu-Ninshubur with seal impression, 1 3/8 x 1½ in. (3.5 x 4 cm.); another, 13 lines of text, a receipt for a delivery of oil for craftsmen, 1 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (3.5 x 4.1 cm.); another, baked, 12 lines of text, concerned with goods entering various gates over a prescribed period of time, sealed by Inin-Shara, reign of Shu-Sin, Year 7, 2030 B.C., 1½ x 1 7/8 in. (4 x 4.8 cm.); another, lightly fired, 38 lines of text, an inventory of household goods such as objects of wood and vessels, worn and chipped, 2 x 3 5/8 in. (5.1 x 9.3 cm.); and the upper third of a large multi-columned administrative tablet, part of 17 + 15 + 14 + 15 + 23 + 19 + 21 + 7 lines of text, small neat script, chips to corners, broken edge made smooth, reign of Amar-Sin, Year 2, 2045 B.C., 4½ x 3 3/8 in. (11.3 x 8.5 cm.) (11)
UR III PERIOD, CIRCA 2000 B.C.
Comprising a complete tablet with 16 lines of text, a receipt for vegetables received by Shu-ninkarrak, sealed, worn, chip to obverse, 2¼ x 1¾ in. (5.5 x 4.5 cm.); another, baked, 14 lines of text, a receipt for livestock, multiple sealings, scored by seal caps, worn and repaired, dated to the accession year of Shu-Sin, 2037 B.C., 1¾ x 2 1/8 in. (4.5 x 5.3 cm.); another complete baked tablet, 11 lines of text, a receipt for an ox skin, with seal impressions, reign of Amar-Sin, Year 3, 2044 B.C., 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) sq.; another, 9 lines of text, a receipt of objects for the palace, sealed, chips to reverse, reign of Amar-Sin, Year 7, 2037 B.C., 1¾ in. (3.2 cm.) sq.; a complete lightly fired tablet, 9 lines of text, a receipt for seed barley received by Nur-ili, dated to the year Puzrish-Dagan was founded, reign of Shulgi, Year 37, 2057 B.C., 1 1/8 x ½ in. (2.8 x 1.2 cm.); another, 7 lines of text, a receipt for flour, sealed, reign of Shu-Sin, Year 8, 2029 B.C., 1 5/8 x 1½ in. (4.1 x 4 cm.); a tablet with 7 lines of text, a receipt for dates, by Shu-Ishtar, sealed by Lu-Ninshubur with seal impression, 1 3/8 x 1½ in. (3.5 x 4 cm.); another, 13 lines of text, a receipt for a delivery of oil for craftsmen, 1 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (3.5 x 4.1 cm.); another, baked, 12 lines of text, concerned with goods entering various gates over a prescribed period of time, sealed by Inin-Shara, reign of Shu-Sin, Year 7, 2030 B.C., 1½ x 1 7/8 in. (4 x 4.8 cm.); another, lightly fired, 38 lines of text, an inventory of household goods such as objects of wood and vessels, worn and chipped, 2 x 3 5/8 in. (5.1 x 9.3 cm.); and the upper third of a large multi-columned administrative tablet, part of 17 + 15 + 14 + 15 + 23 + 19 + 21 + 7 lines of text, small neat script, chips to corners, broken edge made smooth, reign of Amar-Sin, Year 2, 2045 B.C., 4½ x 3 3/8 in. (11.3 x 8.5 cm.) (11)
Provenance
Formerly in the De Groote collection, Belgium.
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