Cuneiform inscription of Ur-Nammu (reproduction)

Cuneiform inscription of Ur-Nammu (reproduction)

2047-2030 BCE

Unknown (Neo-Sumerian)

Neo-Sumerian; Mesopotamian

Style/Period: Mesopotamian (modern reproduction)

Discovery Site: The original is housed in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin. Identity number VA 10945

Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa

inscriptions|exhibitions and museology

Materials/Techniques: Reproduction; casting plaster

Measurements: 12 cm long, 6.85 cm wide, 1.85 cm thick

Black painted plaster, rectangular with one rounded side. There is a hole in the back for hanging. Cuneiform script. Translation: "To the goddess Inanna, the mistress of Eanna, his mistress, Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, the king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, has built her temple (and) restored it in its place." (Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin).

Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum VA 10945, acq. date n/a. Permalink: https://id.smb.museum/object/1744352/bauurkunde

cuneiform; reproduction; inscriptions

Repository Accession Number: R989.5.4

Record: UO-MCA-R989-5-4

Cataloguer: Elizabeth Hawker, University of Ottawa; Rhys Tushingham, University of Ottawa

Photographer: Melissa Mourez, University of Ottawa; Rhys Tushingham (Photos 4 and 5)

Image Date: 2018-02-16

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