Tablet

CBS5136

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number CBS5136
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Ur III
Date Made 2100-2000 BCE
Section Babylonian
Materials Clay
Inscription Language Sumerian Language
Description

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god with hand extended holding a small vase. He has the usual turban, fringed shawl, seat covered with flounced material and resting on a dais. The divine attendant leads the shaven and shorn worshiper.

Inscription reads: Shulgi. valiant hero, King of Ur, Ur-Dumuzi, the judge, is thy servant. Impress. on a clay tablet. Nippur.

Legal text. See CDLI for transliteration info and line art (hand drawing of inscription).

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number P105568 - CDLI Number | B5136 - Old Museum Number | CBS 05136 - Other Number | PBS XIV: 277a - Other Number

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