Lot 109
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FOUR OLD BABYLONIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETS
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELIAS S. DAVID
FOUR OLD BABYLONIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETS

CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C.

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FOUR OLD BABYLONIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETS
CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C.
All rectangular in form; including one with a Sumerian cuneiform inscription recording the dedication of the royal palace by King Sin-kashid of Uruk; and the other three with Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions, one with an account of barley, one with an account of grain disbursement, and one with an account of silver, dating to year 59 of King Rim-Sin I of Larsa, circa 1764 B.C.
Longest: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm.) long
Provenance
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
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Lot Essay

The inscription on the tablet recording the dedication of the building of the palace of King Sin-kashid of Uruk is known from numerous examples written on small clay cones as well as clay and stone tablets, which were immured in the walls of the palace in great numbers (see RIME 4.4.1.4 in D. Frayne, Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia).

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