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CUNEIFORM TABLET 5 lines in Sumerian. Receipt of three glue mines for the city of Ga'esh. Dated king Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) year 4. Sealed (illegible). Clay. 33 x 34 mm. Note in black ink "L100". Sumer, Dynasty III, Ur, c. 2100-2000 B.C. A Sumerian Administrative Tablet of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2100-2000 BC. 5 lines in Sumerian. Receipt of three minas of glue for the town Ga'esh. Dated to King Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) year 4. Sealed (illegible). Provenance Rassla Foundation, Zurich

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CUNEIFORM TABLET 5 lines in Sumerian. Receipt of three glue mines for the city of Ga'esh. Dated king Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) year 4. Sealed (illegible). Clay. 33 x 34 mm. Note in black ink "L100". Sumer, Dynasty III, Ur, c. 2100-2000 B.C. A Sumerian Administrative Tablet of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2100-2000 BC. 5 lines in Sumerian. Receipt of three minas of glue for the town Ga'esh. Dated to King Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) year 4. Sealed (illegible). Provenance Rassla Foundation, Zurich

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