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Summary

Bill of sale-AO 3766

Artist

Unknown artist

Title

Bill of sale-AO 3766

Object type

clay tablet / archaeological artefact

Description

English: Sumerian contract: selling of a field and a house. Shuruppak, pre-cuneiform script.

Français : Contrat archaïque sumérien concernant la vente d’un champ et d’une maison. Shuruppak, inscription pré-cunéiforme.

Date

circa 2600 BC

Medium

clay

Dimensions

height: 8.5 cm (3.3 in)

; width: 8.5 cm (3.3 in)

; thickness: 2 cm (0.7 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre

Room 236, display case 3

Accession number

AO 3766 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre)

Place of discovery

Shuruppak

Object history

discovered (Shuruppak)

Credit line

1901: purchased

References

Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010120699

Authority file

: Q62100712
Louvre: 010120699

Source/Photographer

Marie-Lan Nguyen (2005)

Permission
(Reusing this file)

I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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current	18:34, 22 February 2009		1,800 × 1,700 (2.56 MB)	Jastrow	larger resolution, sharper
	20:45, 9 November 2005		1,415 × 1,130 (1.08 MB)	Jastrow	'''Description:''' Sumerian contract: selling of a field and a house. Shuruppak, c. 2600 BC, pre-cuneiform script.<br /> '''Location:''' Louvre, Department of Oriental Antiquities (AO 3766)<br /> '''Photographer:''' Jastrow

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Bill of sale-AO 3766

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Bill of sale-AO 3766

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