(ex collection Tyssen-Amherst, ex Christies) – 6.17×4.38×2.33 cm

Girsu, Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2112-2004 B.C.

Administrative tablet of a type known as “Messenger tablet” which records a large amounts of wool.

Translation:
347 talents, 44 mina of wool property of Ur-dam; 6 talents 26 mina (of wool) with the sealed tablet of Ur-Bau; 3 talents (of wool) with the sealed tablet of Lu-[…]; labor of the female weavers; [x] talents, 55 mina arrears from Sheshkalla.
Wool of (=belonging to) the governor.

Note:
There are many of this type, though there is much variations in terminology depending on which city they were produced in.

Provenance
Presumably Collection Lord William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909)
Presumably Christie’s Antiquities, London 6 May 1982, lot 77
Private collection, Switzerland, since 1982
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above



Culture Sumerian

Material Clay

Object Cuneiform Tablet. (ex collection Tyssen-Amherst, ex Christies)

Dimensions 6.17×4.38×2.33 cm

Century/ Timeframe Girsu, Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2112-2004 B.C.

Condition Good Condition, See Photo