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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet in Envelope: Receipt for Amounts of Grain
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet in Envelope: Receipt for Amounts of Grain

Possible OriginNippur, Iraq, Asia
CultureSumerian
PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur
Dateca. 2044 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in. (6 x 5 cm)
Object number1921.118
Label TextLetters or important texts were wrapped in a clay envelope, on which the text was re-recorded and a seal applied.
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections, Atlanta, Georgia, February 15 - April 4, 1982 (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
Daniel C. Snell, "The Ur III Tablets in the Emory University Museum," Acta Sumerologica 9 (June 1987): 203-75.
MCCM Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2013.
ProvenanceCollected for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
InscribedTablet: obverse   (fully preserved but in part behind envelope) 1. 1(ban2) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 [x] x [x]  en: 1 ban2 7 1/3 sila3 ... 2. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 [...]  en: 1 barig 1 ban2 6 2/3 sila3 ... 3. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 e2-[...]  en: 1 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3 for E-... 4. ki lu2-dingir-ra [dumu] inim#-{d}szara2-ta#  en: from Lu-dingira, son of Inim-Šara; reverse   (not visible within envelope) Envelope: obverse 1. 1(ban2) 7(disz) [1/3(disz) sila3 ...] x  en: 1 ban2 7 1/3 sila3 ... 2. 1(barig) [1(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3] x [...]  en: 1 barig 1 ban2 6 2/3 sila3 ... 3. 1(barig) 4(ban2)# [5(disz) sila3 e2-...]  en: 1 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3 for E-... reverse 1. ki lu2-dingir-ra dumu inim-{d}szara2-ta  en: from Lu-dingira, son of Inim-Šara;   blank space   seal impression 2. iti u5-bi2-gu7  en: month: “ubi feast,”   blank space   seal impression 3. mu {d}amar-{d#}[suen lugal-e] ur-bi2-lum#[{ki} mu-hul]  en: year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Urbilum destroyed.” Seal 1 column 1 1. [{d}]szul#-gi  en: Šulgi, 2. nita# [kal]-ga  en: strong man, 3. lugal# uri5#[{ki}-ma]  en: king of Ur: column 2 1. {d}utu-[GIR2@g-gal]  en: Utu-GIRgal, 2. dub-sar  en: scribe, 3. sza3-tam [ARAD2-zu]  en: the szatam (official), is your servant.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art