Cuneiform Tablet, 2035 BCE
Clay
5.7 x 4.3 cm
2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
LSO.22
Clay tablet, with 13 lines of Sumerian Cuneiform writing. This is a small tablet beautifully written by a professional scribe and save for the beginning of a few lines on...
Clay tablet, with 13 lines of Sumerian Cuneiform writing. This is a small tablet beautifully written by a professional scribe and save for the beginning of a few lines on the reverse, it is in very good condition.
It is dated to the 9th month of the 3rd year of Shu-Sin, the forth king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2035 BC. It is an administrative document about the transfer of three serfs to a new ‘owner’. Some of the expressions are so far not fully understood.
Translatio Ubarrum, soldier, son of Ilum-ban Ur Dumuzi, son of Nuhilu Su Ninshubur, son of Bubu:- They were not taken…in accordance with Adallal, the equerry:
Three serfs, not taken.
They were inspected and delivere Adallal the equerry took them,
Via Ur-mes, the city governor.
Month: Festival of Lisin.
Year: Simanum was destroyed. Serfs were not chattel slaves, but were tied to their jobs though free in other ways.
It is dated to the 9th month of the 3rd year of Shu-Sin, the forth king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2035 BC. It is an administrative document about the transfer of three serfs to a new ‘owner’. Some of the expressions are so far not fully understood.
Translatio Ubarrum, soldier, son of Ilum-ban Ur Dumuzi, son of Nuhilu Su Ninshubur, son of Bubu:- They were not taken…in accordance with Adallal, the equerry:
Three serfs, not taken.
They were inspected and delivere Adallal the equerry took them,
Via Ur-mes, the city governor.
Month: Festival of Lisin.
Year: Simanum was destroyed. Serfs were not chattel slaves, but were tied to their jobs though free in other ways.