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Source Description
This tablet is plano-convex, with a cuneiform inscription of Sin-iddinam on two faces.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23210
label
Foundation Tablet
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obj
dtoType
object
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pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
23210
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Foundation Tablet
description
This tablet is plano-convex, with a cuneiform inscription of Sin-iddinam on two faces.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5019]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
date
1785-1778 BCE (Old Babylonian)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Stone
tablets
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.8
height
9.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 13/16 x W: 3 3/4 in. (14.8 x 9.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Old Babylonian
inscriptions
[Translation] on obverse: (For) Utu
/ lord of justice of heaven and earth
/ learned in decision
/ the one who choses in favor of innocence
/ the king of Ebabbar
/ his king
/ Sin-iddinam
/ the shepherd who decorates everything / for Nippur
/ the provider of Ur
/ king of Larsa
/ king of Sumer and Akkad
/ the Ebabbar
/ his beloved house
; [Translation] On reverse: for the sake of his life
/ he built (it) / For abundant distant days / he enlarged that dwelling place. / With the thing that he (Sin-iddinam) has done
/ (may) Utu
/ rejoice. / A life of sweet things / (and) bright days / as a reward
/ may he (Utu) give to him (Sin-iddinam).
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limestone
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7023
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ANE
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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