Translated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet, ex-Bonhams

Ancient Near East, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A clay tablet of a rectangular form with rounded sides, smooth faces, and a planar top and bottom. The tablet bears seventeen uneve

Ancient Near East, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A petite clay tablet with rounded sides and faces. The tablet bears thirteen lines of cuneiform text made by pressing a sharpened r

**Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Near East, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A petite clay tablet with rounded sides and faces. The tablet bears thirteen lines of cuneiform text

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A petite clay tablet of a rectangular form with rounded top, bottom, and peripheral edges and slightly co

Ancient Near East, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A small clay tablet of a rectangular form with planar peripheries, rounded top and bottom edges, and slightly convex faces. The tab

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A petite clay tablet with rounded, lateral upper and lower sides, and slightly convex faces. The tablet b

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Sumer, Third Dynasty or Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A petite clay tablet with rounded lateral, upper, and lower sides, and slightly convex faces. The tablet

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A hand-built terracotta tablet of a rectangular form with twenty-one lines of Cuneiform text. The small tablet - or "biscuit" - h

Ancient Near East, Ur, dated to year 2 of King Amar-Suen of Ur III, 2046 to 2038 BCE. A fired clay biscuit tablet carved with a reed instrument when soft and then fired to preserve the text. It is an

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A fine pair of hand-built terracotta foundation cones with roughly-three-quarters of their conical bodies wrapped in ide

Title: Large Cuneiform Administrative Tablet, ex. Bonhams , c. 2200 B.C. Date/Origin: Sumerian, c. 2200 B.C. Materials: Terracotta Dimension: 11.6 cm L - 4 9/16 inches Provenance: Provenance: Joseph K

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A fine hand-built foundation cone with roughly three-quarters of its conical body wrapped in cuneiform text. The body ta

Accompanied by a printed and handwritten description, "Mesopotamian Clay Tablet Ur III period, c. 2150-2000 BC. Administrative record: receipt of barely dated, with seal impression. One false cor

Ancient Near East, southern Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1900 to 1600 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet with slightly convex faces and peripheries. The tablet contains an administrativ

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, dated to the reign of Shu-Sin, ca. 2037 to 2029 BCE. A hand-built clay administrative tablet of bulky form bearing 11 f

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of a rectangular form with a gently convex obverse face. The front of the tablet contains

Ca. 1900-1700 BC.A rectangular-shaped clay tablet, written in cuneiform. The inscriptions on the tablet refer to administrative and legal affairs. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest types of writin

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 2100 to 2000 BCE. A set of 2 hand-built clay tablet fragments, each with ample remains of inscribed cuneiform text. The first fragment bears sections of 14 l

Ancient Near East, Ur III, ca. 2112 to 2004 BCE. A clay "biscuit" with cuneiform writing. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest known writing systems in the world, made using a reed as a stylus and sc

Mesopotamia, present day Iraq/ Syria, ca 2000 BCE. In Greek, "Mesopotamia" means 'land between the rivers', and the term came to be applied to the land between the two great rivers, the Tigris and the

Ca. 1900-1700 BC.An Old Babylonian rectangular cuneiform made of clay, inscribed either a tax register or name list. Clay cuneiform tablets were small enough to be portable and durable when dried, cla

Ca. 2000 BC.A rectangular-section ceramic tablet with rounded edges and corners, bearing cuneiform script to both faces in panels. Documents such as this piece were used for a multitude of things incl

Ca. 1900-1700 BC.A square-shaped clay tablet, written in cuneiform. The inscriptions on the tablet refer to administrative and legal affairs. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest types of writing, or

Ca. 1900-1700 BC. A square-shaped clay tablet, written in cuneiform. The inscriptions on the tablet refer to administrative and legal affairs. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest types of writing, o