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CUNEIFORM TABLET 10 lines in Sumerian. Register of three plots of farmland in a given district, naming the people who probably worked the land and an overseer. Dated King Shulgi (2094-2047 BC) year 42. Umma. Grey clay. 35x40 mm. Note in black ink "L 102". E2075 Sumer, Dynasty III, Ur, c. 2100-2000 B.C. A Sumerian Administrative Tablet of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2100-2000 BC. 10 lines in Sumerian. Record of three parcels of agricultural land in a given district, naming the individuals who probably worked the land, and a supervisor. Dated to King Shulgi (2094-2047 BC) year 42. Umma. Provenance Charles Ede, London, Writing and Lettering in Antiquity VI (1978) no. 4. Rassla Foundation, Zurich

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CUNEIFORM TABLET 10 lines in Sumerian. Register of three plots of farmland in a given district, naming the people who probably worked the land and an overseer. Dated King Shulgi (2094-2047 BC) year 42. Umma. Grey clay. 35x40 mm. Note in black ink "L 102". E2075 Sumer, Dynasty III, Ur, c. 2100-2000 B.C. A Sumerian Administrative Tablet of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2100-2000 BC. 10 lines in Sumerian. Record of three parcels of agricultural land in a given district, naming the individuals who probably worked the land, and a supervisor. Dated to King Shulgi (2094-2047 BC) year 42. Umma. Provenance Charles Ede, London, Writing and Lettering in Antiquity VI (1978) no. 4. Rassla Foundation, Zurich

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