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Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet.

Dublin Core

Title

Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet.

Description

Face of a clay tablet inscribed with records from ancient Sumeria.

"37 sheep and goats from 12 named Amorites from the town of BÀD and 7 sheep and goats from 3 named Sumerian officials delivered to Abbasaga who expended them for various unnamed purposes. The transaction took place on the 27th day of the month of Akiti in the 5th year of King Amar-Suen [2041 B.C.]".

Date

2041 BCE.

Language

sux

Identifier

McDonald 3.2

Citation

“Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet.,” Special Collections & Archives Research Center, accessed November 25, 2024, http://archives.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/items/show/1771.