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Source Description
Before the writing was added, this tablet, a receipt, was marked with a cylinder seal dated to the reign of King Shulgi of Ur. Still visible are a standing figure of a worshiper with one hand raised and three lines of an inscription with the name of a scribe, suggesting that the seal may have belonged to the person who wrote the tablet.
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Document identity
localId
39826
label
Tablet with Seal Impression
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
39826
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tablet with Seal Impression
description
Before the writing was added, this tablet, a receipt, was marked with a cylinder seal dated to the reign of King Shulgi of Ur. Still visible are a standing figure of a worshiper with one hand raised and three lines of an inscription with the name of a scribe, suggesting that the seal may have belonged to the person who wrote the tablet.
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; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
date
2100-2050 BCE (Ur III)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
tablets
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.5
height
4
depth
2.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/4 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1 in. (4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Mesopotamian
inscriptions
[Inscription] [For a transcription
see https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118420]
dynasty
3rd Dynasty of Ur
reign
Shulgi (ca. 2094-2047)
med
baked clay
creator_ids
6353
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
3989cb9607baaaf9