TABLETTE CUNÉIFORME Art sumérien, vers 2032 avant... Lot 10

TABLETTE CUNÉIFORME Art sumérien, vers 2032 avant J.C. Matériau Argile H. 7,4 cm, L. 4,6 cm SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET Origin: Eastern Mediterranean Circa: 2032 BC Medium: Clay Dimensions: 2.9'' high, 1.8'' wide ?The tablet is an administrative document from the period of the Third Dynasty of Ur, dated to the 6th year of Shu-Sin, fourth king of the dynasty, c. 2032 B.C. It is a record of three ox-herders in the government employ being struck off the list of such workers. Translation: [1.....].....]...[.....] ox herder. 1. [......]....., son of a prostitue. 1. Buzalum, brother of Puzur-Kesh, house of the vizier. Not present: they have been deleted from the document, at the order of Ashgi-bani, administrator. Total: 3 men, ox-herders, not present. Reckoning of oxherders,............. Ashgi-bani the administrator took (the tablet) Via Ur-Mes, governor. Month: the plow. Year Shu-Sin, king of Ur, erected a magnificent stele for Enlil and Ninlil. The Sumerian scribes did not spare words. It was nothing unusual in a government bureaucracy of the Sumerians for a few men to disappear and be struck from the register. Legally they were not free to leave their employment, so some took the matter in their own hands and simply fled and tried to escape detection