CLAY TABLET WITH CUNEIFORM SCRIPT AND SEAL Emar ( present-day Meskenes), 13th century BC. Fired clay with notched cuneiform script on all sides. One narrow side with a seal and figurative scenes. 8.5 × 6.6 × 2.5 cm. Provenance: Zurich private collection, probably acquired in the 1970/80s (inventory, no. 5.21). With an English translation of the cuneiform script (author of the translation unknown): “Record of the vicissitudes of a sum of 10 shekels of silver and one ox. These had belonged to Adad-malik, who, during his lifetime, gave them to Hinnu-Dagan to keep but eventually to return them to his (Adad-malik’s) wife and Tura-Dagan. This Hinnu-Dagan duly did. But at this point of time further specifications came to light : that Adad-malik had entered the silver and ox in a tablet of debts he owed to Hinnu-Dagan, to whom they should therefore pass on Adad-malik’s death, and that the wife of Adad-malik and Zubala were also part owners of the silver and ox. No solution to the difficulties is given : the facts are stated and witnessed by three persons." The mention of Hinnu-Dagan, son of La'rima, is also found on a cuneiform tablet from the Jonathan Rosen Collection (Cf. Gary Beckman: Texts from the Viztum Emar in the Collection of Jonathan Rosen, In: History of the Near East, Monographs, vol. 2, Padua 1996. no.. RE 72). ------------------------------------------------- TONTAFEL MIT KEILSCHRIFT UND SIEGEL Emar (heutiges Meskene), 13. Jh. v. Chr. Gebrannter Ton allseitig mit gekerbter Keilschrift. Eine Schmalseite mit Siegel und figurativen Szenen. 8,5 × 6,6 × 2,5 cm. Provenienz: Zürcher Privatbesitz, wohl in den 1970/80er Jahren erworben (Inventar, Nr. 5.21). Mit einer englischen Übersetzung der Keilschrift (Autor der Übersetzung unbekannt): "Record of the vicissitudes of a sum of 10 shekels of silver and one ox. These had belonged to Adad-malik, who, during his lifetime, gave them to Hinnu-Dagan to keep but eventually to return them to his (Adad-malik’s) wife and Tura-Dagan. This Hinnu-Dagan duly did. But at this point of time further specifications came to light : that Adad-malik had entered the silver and ox in a tablet of debts he owed to Hinnu-Dagan, to whom they should therefore pass on Adad-malik’s death, and that the wife of Adad-malik and Zubala were also part owners of the silver and ox. No solution to the difficulties is given : the facts are stated and witnessed by three persons." Die Erwähnung von Hinnu-Dagan, Sohn des La'rima, findet sich auch auf einem Keilschrifttablett aus der Jonathan Rosen Collection (Vgl. Gary Beckman: Texts from the Vicintiy of Emar in the Collection of Jonathan Rosen, In: History of the Near East, Monographs, Vol. 2, Padova 1996. Nr. RE 72).