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THBLot of 3 Mesopotamian Clay Cuneiform Tablets
Lot 37b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Nov 8, 2018
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2018-11-08 10:00:00
2018-11-08 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A group of three hand-built clay administrative tablets with rectangular forms and convex faces. The tablets contain eighteen, thirty-two, and seventeen lines of inscribed cuneiform characters - from smallest to largest, respectively - which are made by impressing a sharpened reed or stick into the still-wet clay just prior to being placed inside a kiln. The smallest tablet is untranslated. Though incomplete, the translation of the medium-sized tablet concerns a shipment of 12 minas of silver (one mina weighed between 640 grams [about 23 ounces] to 978 grams [about 34 ounces]). The translation of the largest tablet, though also incomplete, records the sizes of 12 fields which were assigned to named men, presumably government officials. It is dated to the 30th day, month 6 of the accession year of King Nur-Adad of Larsa. Lucite display stands for photography purposes only. Size of largest (Nur-Adad): 2.25" W x 3.625" H (5.7 cm x 9.2 cm).
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#137757All tablets have small repairs with minor losses and light adhesive residue along break lines. Each tablet has minor nicks to faces and peripheries, fading to inscribed cuneiform characters, and light encrustations or mineral deposits. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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