Harvard Art Museums > 1938.94: 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 , 1938.94,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292034. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1938.94 Title Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text Classification Tablets Work Type tablet Date c. 2028-2004 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/292034 Physical Descriptions Medium Clay Technique Impressed Dimensions 4.6 x 4.3 x 1.6 cm (1 13/16 x 1 11/16 x 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Catharine W. Pierce, Cambridge, MA; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1938. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Catharine W. Pierce Accession Year 1938 Object Number 1938.94 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 Small square shaped clay tablet with cuneiform writing. The tablet is inscribed on obverse and reverse with text written in Sumerian language. There are seal impressions over the text on both sides. The text is a typical administrative document from the Ur III dynasty and it records the receipt of reed bundles for animal fodder. The inscription on the seal indicates that its owner was Alulu, the same official receiving the reeds in the text.The tablet is dated to 9th month of the first year of the reign of Ibbi-Suen (c. 2028-2004 B.C.E.) and probably comes from Umma (?). Text reads: 1(geš2) 3(u) sa gi zi / gu-kilib-ba 5 sa-ta / šag4-gal udu niga sa2-dug4 / ki Ur-e2-mah-ta / kišib A-lu5-lu5 / iti {d}Li9-si4 / mu {d}I-bi2-{d}Suen lugal Seal impression: A-lu5-lu5 / dumu Inim-{d}Šara2 / kurušda {d}Šara2-ka 90 bundles of fresh reeds / in each bale are 5 bundles / fodder for the fattened sheep, the regular offerings / (received) from Ur-Emah / Seal of Alulu; month of Lisi, the year Ibbi-Suen (became) king. Seal impression: Alulu / son of Inim-Šara / animal fattener of the god Šara Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023 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
