Cuneiform Tablet

1913.14.0416

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cuneiform Tablet (1913.14.0416)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Asia, West : Iraq ; Drehem
Period	Ur III, Reign of Šulgi
Date	2095-2048 BCE
Culture	Mesopotamian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	2.9 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	2.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	1.4 cm
Weight	10 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes	Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing

Research Remarks

Description	Listed on database as the period--(ur iii period-drehem) The women of the nobility brought and received animals for the temple offerings. Obverse (Translation) 1. 1 lamb 2. 1 goat 3. Watrat, the prefect 4. (made) delivery (Transliteration) 1. 1 sila 2. 1 màs 3. Wa-at-ra-at/ Ugula 4. mu-tùm Reverse (Translation) 1. (to) Sulgi-simti's (account) 2. Apillia received. 3. the month of the lamentation of the goddess Ninazu. (4) 4. The year when the house of Puzuris-Dagan was built. (Transliteration) 1. dSul-gi-sf / -im-ti 2. À-pil-li-a / i-dib 3. iti ki-sig dNin-a-zu 4. mu è-Puzùr / is dDa-gan / ba-dù
Published Description	Under Review
CDLI Number	P128811 (external link)
Bibliography	Kang, Shin Teke, Sumerian Economic Texts from the Drehem Archive: Sumerian and Akkadian Cuneiform Texts in the Collection of the World Heritage Museum of the University of Illinois, Volume I. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1974. Text Number 56.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Edgar J. Banks Collection
Reproduction	no

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