Harvard Art Museums > 1953.110: Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text Tablets Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text , 1953.110,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291257. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1953.110 Title Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text Classification Tablets Work Type tablet Date c. 2094-2047 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sumer (Mesopotamia) Period Neo-Sumerian period, Third Dynasty of Ur Culture Neo-Sumerian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291257 Physical Descriptions Medium Clay Technique Impressed Dimensions H x W x D: 3.7 x 3.6 x 1.4 cm (1 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History From Tell Jokha; formerly in the possession of Edgar J. Banks (1866-1945). Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Museum Collection Accession Year 1953 Object Number 1953.110 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Square shaped clay tablet with cuneiform writing. The tablet is inscribed on both sides with text written in the Sumerian language. The tablet is an Ur III administrative document from the reign of Shulgi of Ur, recording the receipt of barley. The calendrical system suggests that the text is from Umma (modern Tell Jokha) and is dated to the 3rd month (Umma calendar) of the 44th year of Shulgi's reign. There are multiple seal impressions of the scribe over the text on the obverse and upper part of reverse surfaces. Text reads: 2 (barig) dabin / ki Lugal-šu:nir-ta / kišib A-ra2-mu / iti še-kar-a-gal2-la / mu Lu-lu-bum2 / Si-mu-ru-um / ba-hul Seal: Ur-{d}Suen / dub-sar / dumu ur-gigir Two measures of barley (received) from Lugal-shunir; seal of Aramu; month of Šekarragalla, the year Lullubum and Simurum were destroyed; Seal impression: Ur-Suen the scribe, son of Ur-Gigir. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
