Tátrai Vilmos szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 90-91.(Budapest, 1999)

EVERLING, JÁNOS: Sumerian Texts in the Museum of Fine Arts

SUMERIAN TEXTS IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS In the following pages the opportunity is taken to publish copies, transliterations, translations of all the Sumerian documents of the Museum including the Author's commentaries.

1 They date back to the Ur III Period (21

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' century B.C). The Museum owns about 30 cuneifonn tablets in various degrees of preservation. Of these 11 are Sumerian administrative and economic documents. Unfortunately there are no written records regarding the origins of these tablets. They were acquired through either gift or purchase and the circumstances of their discovery are unknown. Inventory number Date

2 Place of writing no. 1 51.1370 AS4, 2043/2042 B.C. Nippur no.

2 51.2392' S44, 2051/2050 B.C. or IS3, 2026/2025 B.C. Lagas no.

3 51.2393 AS4, 2043/2042 B.C. Drehern no.

4 51.2394

4 AS8, 2039/2038 B.C. Umma no. 5 51.2396

s S25, 2070/2069 B.C. Umma no. 6 51.2397" Umma no. 7 51.2398 no.8 51.2400

7 AS1, 2046/2045 B.C. Drehern no. 9 51.2402 Umma no. 10 56.16 E

s SS2, 2036 2035 B.C. Umma no. 11 56.105 E" AS7, 20402039 B.C. Umma I would like to express my sincere thanks to Hartmut Waetzold and Bertrand Lafont who kindly assisted me with a number of textual problems. Thanks are extended to Péter Vargyas who brought these tablets to my attention. I am very grateful to the curator of the Collection, István Nagy who has given me the pennission of the publication, and to the staff of the Egyptian Department for their constant assistance during the copying of the tablets. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Antal Dávid, the first editor of a large part of this material. 1 This research project was made possible by the financial aid granted by the Soros Foundation. Beside the conventional Assyriological abbreviations (cf. Borger. R., Handbuch der Keilschritttexte, 1-3, Berlin 1967-1975) the following works are referred to in this paper: AetOrllung = Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarium Hungáriáé, AO ASH = Acta Orientals Academiae Scientiarium Hungáriáé, BSA = Bulletin of Sumerian Agriculture. IK = Hiibner, B. - Reizammer, A., Inim Kiengi. Sumerisch-deutsches Glossar, 1-2. Marktredwitz 1985-1986. : Modern dates are given according to the middle chronology. The names of the kings are abbreviated in dates as follows: S = Sulgi, AS = Amar-Suen, SS = Su-Suen, IS = Ibbi-Suen. This document is identical with the text Pinches, T.G.. Amherst Tablets n20. 4 Previously published by Dávid, A., BMHBA 6 (1955) 3-5. s Previously published by Dávid. A.. AOASH

5-12 (1945) 155-156. " Previously published by Dávid, A., BMHBA 23 (1963) 3- 5. Previously published by Dávid, A., AOASH

5-12 (1945) 155-156. h Previously published by Dávid, A., AetOrllung 2 (1952) 165-171. * Previously published by Dávid, A., BMHBA 13 (1958) 3-6.