Lot no. 7
CUNEIFORM CLAY TABLET Sumerian art, Girsu, 3rd dynasty of Ur, 2112-2004 BC Expenditure on barley and other cereals, mainly animal feed. Written in Girsu, probably in the year Šu-Sîn 2. Size: 5.3 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm Source : Former Allotte de la Fuÿe collection (1844-1939), numbered AF 332 Tajan, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 October 2002: n°184 (ill.) M.G. Collection Me Doutrebente, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 May 2018: no. 144 (ill.) G. Blanchet Collection, inventory no. 529 A Sumerian clay cuneiform tablet, Girsu, Third Dynasty of Ur, 2112-2004 B.C. 20+⸢2 ?⸣ udu 1 sila₃-ta 2 0.0.2.0 še lu₂-kal-la 4 udu 1 ½ sila₃-ta 4 78 udu ½ sila₃-ta 0.1.1.0 še ur-d[ba-ba₆] 6 1šeg₉-bar še-bi 16 gu₄ 6 sila₃-ta 8 70 ab₂ 22 sila₃-ta 0.1.5.5 niĝ₂-ar₃ še-bi 10 0.4.0.0 duh-ge₆ ø duh ki-a-naĝ T. 12 ša₃-gal-gu₄-ur-ba-gara₃ (white line) šuniĝin 17 gu₄-hi-a 14 šuniĝin 1 šeg₉-bar šuniĝin 70 [ab₂-hi-a] 16 šuniĝin [...] šuniĝin [...] (Space) C. 18 u₄ 24-kam 1 22? sheep: one litre (of barley) each 2 20 litres of barley : Lukalla 3 4 sheep : one litre and a half each 4 78 sheep, half a litre each 5 70 litres : Ur-[Baba] 6 1 deer : its barley 7 16 oxen: 6 litres each 8 70 cows: 22 litres each 9 115 litres of fine flour (and) their barley 10 240 litres of black bran 11 ø bran (for) the memorial 12 food for Ur-bagara's oxen ; (Space) 13 Total: 17° oxen 14 Total: 1 stag 15 Total: 70 [cows] 16 Total: [104 (?) sheep] 17 Total: [...] 18 The 24th. We would like to thank Michaël Guichard, Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, for his help in writing this notice and for transcribing and translating the document presented.
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