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Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay, Baked

Measurements: 32 x 29 mm

Description: Tablet inscribed with a receipt of lambs. Both the obverse and the reverse contain 3 lines. Seal impressions run through the obverse, right edge, reverse and bottom edge, and there are fingerprint impressions visible on the left edge and top edge.

Region: Al Qadisiyah governorate

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Nippur

Place/other: --

Locus: TB 197 IV 2b foundation

Period: Ur III

Date: --

Culture: Mesopotamian

Dynasty: Third Dynasty of Ur

King/Ruler: --

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: 3 lines of text on each side; seal impressions on obverse, reverse, right edge, and bottom edge.

Inscription Subject: Receipt of lambs

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse

Translation: 

--

Transliteration One: 

--

Transliteration Two: 

--

Transliteration Three: 

--

Registration Number: A30106

Accession Number: 3275

Field Number: 3NT-7

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