Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Third Dynasty of Ur, year 2 of the reign of Ibbi-Sin (also Ibbi-Suen), ca. 2026 BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of rectangular form bearing rounded peripheries and convex faces. Impressed into the surfaces are 8 lines of cuneiform text that wrap around the surfaces, each character formed by a sharpened reed or stick just prior to being placed inside of a kiln. While not fully translated, the lines of text perhaps concern accounts of barley exchanging hands. Size: 1.75" W x 2.1" H (4.4 cm x 5.3 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private prominent Daryl Kulok collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 2000s

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Repaired with 2 losses along verso as shown. Nicks and light abrasions, with light encrustations in some recessed areas, and softening to some cuneiform characters. Most cuneiform characters are still relatively legible.