Sumerian cuneiform tablet City of Ur - King Shulgi - Dimtabba temple dedication & school writing disc
$58.59
Available here is a pair of cuneiform tablets combined for the first time as a single listing to ease postage costs. These two examples can travel together at the lowest postage tier..
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Sumerian temple dedication tablet - 2094 - 2047 B.C.E
Dimensions :-
Height - 11 cm / 4-1/4 inches
Width - 6.7 cm / 2-1/2 inches
Depth - 1.2 cm / 1/2 inch
This rectangular Sumerian tablet replica originates from the reign of King Shulgi who ruled during the third dynasty of Ur.
Found in the ruins of the temple of Dimtabba
The inscription can be translated - 'For the Goddess Nimintaba his lady, Shulgi, mighty man, King of Ur, King of the lands of Sumer and Akkad, built this temple for her.'
Cuneiform tablet
Dimensions :-
Circular tablet :-
Diameter -6.5 cm / 2-1/2 inches
Original tablets were incised in moist clay, then fired or left to harden in the sun.
The circular disc has very precise characters of text which suggests it was made in a royal workshop or an associated school of learning as discs like this were often copied by students to learn the writing technique. This may very well be a master scribe or master student's work.
It has a much more complex and ordered use of cuneiform writing of a type used in later Sumerian culture as well as Babylonian and Assyrian. A likely translation for this rare object would be a temple foundation prayer or a document of its dedication ritual.
Made of a limestone and quartzite composition stone, they have aged patinas.
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