Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet, Letter by Aradmu [Irmu/Aradngu] to King Shulgi about Appilasha

THIRD DYNASTY OF UR, CIRCA 2095-2047 B.C.

3 1/2 in. (166 grams, 89 mm).

A lentoid-section clay tablet, roughly rectangular in plan with Aradmu text to Sulgi to both faces.

Provenance

with Mrs Audrey Davies, Astarte Gallery, London, where acquired in 1985.
Private collection, Montreal, Canada.

Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note by Prof. W.G.Lambert.
Accompanied by a five-page cataloguing report.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13428-259929.

Literature

Cf. similar tablet to King Shulgi in Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Museum Collection, inv.no.1953.110, in Ragavan, D., ‘Cuneiform Texts and Fragments in the Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum’ in Cuneiform Digital Library Journal, (2010), no.4.2.

Footnotes

Shulgi (21st century B.C.) was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Based on available documentation, he appears to be one of the most significant figures in Sumerian history.

CONDITION

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