Western Asiatic Neo-Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet with List of Year Names 22nd-21st century BC A terracotta tablet with eleven lines of cuneiform text to one side, the other side with three lines, containing a list of Ur III year names; accompanied by a scholarly note by Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli of the University of Tübingen, Germany, which states: 'Tablet with a list of year names of the kings Sulgi (ca. 2092–20475 BCE) and Amar-Sîn (ca. 2046–2038 BCE), kings of the so called Neo-Sumerian Empire. Years had been named after relevant events, or just as “year after the year…” if nothing noteworthy happened. In this list, the year names are written in abridged form. Translation of the complete version of the year names: 1’ … 2’ ‘Sulgi the king of Ur, king of the four quarters, built the temple of Puzriš-Dagan’ (Sulgi’syear 39) 3’ ‘Second year after the year in which the temple of Puzriš-Dagan was built’ (Y.41) 4’ ‘Year the king destroyed the city of Šašrum (Y. 42) 5’ ‘Year Enuburzianna was chosen as en-priestess of Nanna by means of the omens’ (Y. 43) 6’ ‘Year Simurrum and Lullubum were destroyed for the ninth time’ (Y. 44) 7’ ‘Year in which Sulgi the strong man, the king of Ur, the king of the four quarters, smashed the heads of Urbilum, Simurrum, Lullubum and Karhar in a single campaign’ (Y. 45) 8’ ‘Year Sulgi the strong man, the king of Ur, the king of the four quarters, destroyed Kimaš, Hurti and their territories in a single day’ (Y. 46) 9’ ‘Year Harši, Kimaš, Hurti and their territories were destroyed in a single day’ (Y. 48) 10’ ‘Year Amar-Sîn became king’ (Amar-Sîn’s year 1) 11’ ‘Year Amar-Sîn the king destroyed Urbilum’ (Y. 2)' 118 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). Fine condition, fragmentary. Very rare. [No Reserve] Provenance Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples; accompanied by an original handwritten note on plastic sleeve by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert and a copy of Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli's translation.
Western Asiatic Neo-Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet with List of Year Names 22nd-21st century BC A terracotta tablet with eleven lines of cuneiform text to one side, the other side with three lines, containing a list of Ur III year names; accompanied by a scholarly note by Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli of the University of Tübingen, Germany, which states: 'Tablet with a list of year names of the kings Sulgi (ca. 2092–20475 BCE) and Amar-Sîn (ca. 2046–2038 BCE), kings of the so called Neo-Sumerian Empire. Years had been named after relevant events, or just as “year after the year…” if nothing noteworthy happened. In this list, the year names are written in abridged form. Translation of the complete version of the year names: 1’ … 2’ ‘Sulgi the king of Ur, king of the four quarters, built the temple of Puzriš-Dagan’ (Sulgi’syear 39) 3’ ‘Second year after the year in which the temple of Puzriš-Dagan was built’ (Y.41) 4’ ‘Year the king destroyed the city of Šašrum (Y. 42) 5’ ‘Year Enuburzianna was chosen as en-priestess of Nanna by means of the omens’ (Y. 43) 6’ ‘Year Simurrum and Lullubum were destroyed for the ninth time’ (Y. 44) 7’ ‘Year in which Sulgi the strong man, the king of Ur, the king of the four quarters, smashed the heads of Urbilum, Simurrum, Lullubum and Karhar in a single campaign’ (Y. 45) 8’ ‘Year Sulgi the strong man, the king of Ur, the king of the four quarters, destroyed Kimaš, Hurti and their territories in a single day’ (Y. 46) 9’ ‘Year Harši, Kimaš, Hurti and their territories were destroyed in a single day’ (Y. 48) 10’ ‘Year Amar-Sîn became king’ (Amar-Sîn’s year 1) 11’ ‘Year Amar-Sîn the king destroyed Urbilum’ (Y. 2)' 118 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). Fine condition, fragmentary. Very rare. [No Reserve] Provenance Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples; accompanied by an original handwritten note on plastic sleeve by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert and a copy of Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli's translation.
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