CIRCA 2000-1800 B.C.

細節

AN OLD BABYLONIAN SERPENTINE CUNEIFORM TABLET
CIRCA 2000-1800 B.C.
The rectangular tablet with an inscription in twelve lines on the obverse, three on the reverse, in Babylonian cuneiform with a list of personal names, indicating that all were present on some occasion, reading, "Bala-Nanna, Nanna-mansum ... , Narâm-Ea, Ur-Ninurta, Nanna-mansum, Ili-iddinash, Nanna-sig, Inim-Nanna, Ipiq-Adad, Ku-Nanna, Narâm-ilishu, Sîn-ennam, Lugal-geshtu-igigal, Sîn-ennam were present"
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) long

來源

Israeli Collection, 1970s.
Acquired by the current owner in 1988.

拍品專文

In this period it was customary to use clay for tablets rather than stone as it was inexpensive and easily worked. The fact that a stone tablet was used in this case indicates that the occasion recorded must have had some importance. It is probable that these people had assembled for some serious purpose, perhaps a law case, or the appointment of a high official.

The name Nanna-mansum appears twice. The first time with an indecipherable sign, which likely differentiates the two.