Lot 143
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A FRAGMENTARY SUMERIAN INSCRIBED ALABASTER BOWL
A FRAGMENTARY SUMERIAN INSCRIBED ALABASTER BOWL
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A FRAGMENTARY SUMERIAN INSCRIBED ALABASTER BOWL

EARLY DYNASTIC IIIA, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C.

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A FRAGMENTARY SUMERIAN INSCRIBED ALABASTER BOWL
EARLY DYNASTIC IIIA, CIRCA 2600-2500 B.C.
5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm.) wide
Provenance
with Sumer Galleries, New York and Los Angeles.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1979.
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Lot Essay

The cuneiform inscription reads, "Irara dedicated (this bowl) to Inana (for) Keš-pa’e, sanga of Keš, son of Gabašu." Kešpa’e was the priest-king of Keš, a city at the eastern edge of Sumer, near modern-day Tulul al-Baqarat. For a similar example, see the bowl in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 43-44 in A. Goetze, "Early Dynastic dedication inscriptions from Nippur," Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. XXIII, no. 2.
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