Cuneiform Tablet

1913.14.0524

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Cuneiform Tablet (1913.14.0524)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Asia, West : Iraq ; Drehem
Period	Ur III, Reign of Amar-Sin
Date	2047-2039 BC
Culture	Mesopotamian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	3.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	3.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	1.7 cm
Weight	28 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes	Inscribing, Handbuilding, Firing

Research Remarks

Description	Ur III Period Obverse (Translation) 1. The tablet basket, 2. (in which) the "I.O.U." tablets 3. of Lugal-mu-ma-aga, the prefect 4. are placed. 5. The year when Amar-Sin, the king, destroyed (the city) Urbilum. (Transliteration) 1. pisan-dub-ba 2. dub-ganà(m)-ba 3. Lugal-mu-ma-àg(a) ugula 4. i-gàl 5. mu dAmar-dEN.ZU lugal / Ur-bi-lumki mu-hul Reverse Not Inscribed.
Published Description	Under Review
CDLI Number	P128946 (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 191. Jacobsen, Thorkild. Cuneiform Texts in the National Museum, Copenhagen, Leiden (1939), p. 28, n. 1 and "Corrections" p. 2.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Edgar J. Banks Collection
Reproduction	no

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