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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet: Fine and Ordinary Beer

Place CreatedBabylon, Iraq, Asia

Place ExcavatedUmma (mod. Tell Jokha)

CultureSumerian

PeriodThird Dynasty of Ur

Date2100-2000 BCE

MediumClay

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Dimensions1 11/16 x 1 9/16 in. (4.3 x 3.9 cm)

Object number1921.239

Published ReferencesDaniel C. Snell, "The Ur III Tablets in the Emory University Museum," Acta Sumerologica 9 (June 1987): 203-75 (no. 13).

ProvenancePurchased for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959) from Albert T. Clay (1866-1925) [Yale Babylonian Collection], New Haven, Connecticut, 1921. With Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, ca. 1950-1955.

InscribedTablet: obverse 1. 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz saga en: 1 ban2 1 sila3 fine beer, 2. 2(ban2) kasz du en: 2 ban2 common beer, 3. u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam en: 14th day; 4. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga en: 1 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer, 5. 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz du en: 3 ban2 7 sila3 common beer, reverse 1. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam en: 15th day; 2. ki ur-mes-ta en: from Ur-mes; 3. kiszib3 ensi2 en: seal of the governor; blank space 4. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar en: month: “Bricks cast in moulds,” 5. mu us2-sa en ga-esz{ki} ba-hun en: year after: “The high-priestess of Ga’eš was hired.” Seal 1: column 1 1. {d}szu-{d}suen en: Šu-Suen, 2. lugal kal-ga en: strong king, 3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma en: king of Ur, 4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba en: king of heaven with its four corners: column 2 1. a-a-kal-[la] en: Ayakalla, 2. ensi2# en: governor 3. umma[{ki}] en: of Umma, 4. ARAD2-[zu] en: your servant.

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