TABLETTE CUNÉIFORME Art sumérien, entre 2040-2020... Lot 13

TABLETTE CUNÉIFORME Art sumérien, entre 2040-2020 avant J.C. Matériau Argile H. 10,6 cm, L. 5,1 cm SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET Origin: Eastern Mediterranean Circa: 2040 BC to 2020 BC Medium: Clay Dimensions: 4.17" high, 2" wide This is an administrative document from the period of the Third Dynasty of Ur, dated only by the month, but c. 2040-2020 B.C. It is a list of boots assigned to named persons, and a rare and important document for its kind. One word, erina, cannot yet be translated with any assurance, so it is left untranslated. Translation: 1 pair of street boots: Ur-Shaga, cook, 1 Ur- Shu-Sinaka, 1 Abilumma. 1 pair of erina boots: Girini-isha, 1 irnanna, 1 Erra-qarrad, 1 Lu-Ishtaran, 1 Mamma'ish-tikal, 1 Nin- baragesi, 1 Kinana, 1 E'eda, 1 Mamma- dannat, 1 Baba-nuri, 1 Zi-mudagal, 1 Amma. 1 pair of small erina boots: Ahushuni, 1 Kudanum, 1 Shat-Shulgi, 1 Shat-Ea, 1 Shat-..... 1 Geme-Nanna, 1 Nin-hedu, 1 Mamma- Sharrat, 1 Ashgi-nirgal. 1 pir of small, nice boots. 1 pair of small erina boots: Shat-...... Total: 3 pairs of street boots. Total: 12 pairs of erina boots. Total: 1 pair of nice small boots. Total: 10 pairs of small erina boots. A disbursement: month of Kirsi'ak. This is a record from a government bureaucracy, the leather boots being handed out as payment or reward for services. The names beginning Shat- and Geme- are certainly women's names, and those beginning Ur- and Lu- are certainly men's names, also Ahushuni is a man's name, but many names are ambiguous as to gender of their holders