Sumerian Cuneiform Clay Tablet.- Revenue tablet, list of sheep, beams of timber, garden material etc., as rental, drawn up for incorporating in the Cadastral survey made by officers of the Temple of the Sun-God at Lagash [Telloh], "Based as genuine by Dr. Budge, Brit: Museum 1904 A.D."; Account or revenue Table drawn up in connection with the administration of revenue under the direction of the priests of the Temple of Lagash, clay tablets, incised with lines of Sumerian cuneiform on the obverse and reverse, some slight surface wear affecting some text, a few cracks, 30 x 34mm., Lagash, [c. 2300BCE]; and another similar cuneiform tablet, v.s., v.d. (3 pieces). ⁂ Lagash, now Telloh in southern Iraq, one of the most important capital cities in the ancient lands of Sumer, located halfway between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. There were numerous temples in Lagash and such documents were used as accounting tools for their dues. Provenance: ALs from the wife of Rev Leonard Harding Squire (1854-1918), to her parents enclosing a description of the second mentioned tablet by Sir Ernest Wallis Budge (1857-1934), orientalist, 14th April 1900.
Sumerian Cuneiform Clay Tablet.- Revenue tablet, list of sheep, beams of timber, garden material etc., as rental, drawn up for incorporating in the Cadastral survey made by officers of the Temple of the Sun-God at Lagash [Telloh], "Based as genuine by Dr. Budge, Brit: Museum 1904 A.D."; Account or revenue Table drawn up in connection with the administration of revenue under the direction of the priests of the Temple of Lagash, clay tablets, incised with lines of Sumerian cuneiform on the obverse and reverse, some slight surface wear affecting some text, a few cracks, 30 x 34mm., Lagash, [c. 2300BCE]; and another similar cuneiform tablet, v.s., v.d. (3 pieces). ⁂ Lagash, now Telloh in southern Iraq, one of the most important capital cities in the ancient lands of Sumer, located halfway between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. There were numerous temples in Lagash and such documents were used as accounting tools for their dues. Provenance: ALs from the wife of Rev Leonard Harding Squire (1854-1918), to her parents enclosing a description of the second mentioned tablet by Sir Ernest Wallis Budge (1857-1934), orientalist, 14th April 1900.
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