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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN OLD BABYLONIAN COPPER BOWL
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
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AN OLD BABYLONIAN COPPER BOWL
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
Of broad shallow form with a short off-set rim and an integral hollow ring foot, engraved on the exterior with a partially-legible nine-line inscription in Akkadian cuneiform designating the bowl as a votive gift to the gods Enlil and Sîn by a donor, for the life of Iddin-Sîn, King of Simurrum, a kingdom in the western Zagros, reading in part: "[For the life of] Iddin-Sîn, mighty male,...Enlil and Sîn,...to/for Ku...uk, son of...ir, he gave"
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diameter; 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
Of broad shallow form with a short off-set rim and an integral hollow ring foot, engraved on the exterior with a partially-legible nine-line inscription in Akkadian cuneiform designating the bowl as a votive gift to the gods Enlil and Sîn by a donor, for the life of Iddin-Sîn, King of Simurrum, a kingdom in the western Zagros, reading in part: "[For the life of] Iddin-Sîn, mighty male,...Enlil and Sîn,...to/for Ku...uk, son of...ir, he gave"
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diameter; 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high
来源
Private Collection, Boston.
Acquired by the current owner, Massachusetts, 1989.
Acquired by the current owner, Massachusetts, 1989.
荣誉呈献
Molly Morse Limmer
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