Mesopotamian Ur Cuneiform "Biscuit" Tablet

Mesopotamia, Ur, ca. 2000 BCE. This is a clay tablet with cuneiform writing on side, and is probably a late example of the form. These tablets were once referred to as "dog biscuits" by a former Direc

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, 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

A Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet, Ur III, c. 2100 BC, in hardened clay, the rectangular tablet with five beautifully incised lines of cuneiform text, the opposite side with a few partial lines remainin

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A pair of ceramic "biscuits" or tablets inscribed with dense lines of cuneiform text. The larger of the two is translated (

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A very old administrative document listing fields, in the form of a ceramic "biscuit," a tablet c

Ancient Near East, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2100 to 2000 BCE. A translated "biscuit", a cuneiform tablet with a rounded, pillow-like body made from fired clay. Narrow horizontal bands of the early for

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamian ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. Four pottery cuneiform tablets - known as "biscuits" - all translated. Cuneiform script is one of the oldest kn

Mesopotamian Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet, Third Dynasty of Ur,c. 2080-2030 BC, Administrative document relating to the purchase of goats by an individual for offering to a temple. Material:Terracotta Si

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, dated to the seventh year of the reign of Amar-Sin, ca. 2039 BCE. A hand-built pottery tablet of rectangular form with

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

**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

Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 1974 BCE. Very fine pottery biscuit used to capture an ancient transaction. The tablet is dated to month X of year 3 of King Shu-Suen of Ur. The tablet comes from the st

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 with rounded, lateral upper and lower sides, and slightly convex faces. The tablet b

2nd millennium B.C. A large pillow-shaped tablet with plano-convex cross-section, bearing dense cuneiform text to both faces. Cf. Liverani, M., Antico Oriente, Storia, societa' ed economia, Roma, 1988

2nd millennium B.C. A bifacial, pillow-shaped clay tablet bearing multiple lines of cuneiform text to both faces. 30.27 grams, 41 mm (1 5/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the propert

Rare Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet ,Ca. 2nd millennium B.C. pottery tablet untranslated, probably an administrative record, ​pottery tablet with impressed cuneiform writing covering bot

A Mesopotamian Pottery Tablet with Cuneiform Writing. Writing on both sides, one side has 14 lines of writing. Tablets are written in two ancient languages, Sumerian and Akkadian, using a script calle

3rd-2nd millennium B.C. A ceramic cuneiform tablet with a slightly curved profile, cuneiform text to both faces. 81 grams, 64 mm (2 1/2 in."). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property o

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

Early 2nd millennium B.C. Group of three fragments of pillow-shaped tablets with impressed cuneiform text. 154 grams total, 43-60 mm (1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the