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CUNEIFORM TABLET 8 lines in Sumerian. Register of reed extraction work. Date King Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) year [n]. Ummah. Clay. 35 x 37 cm. Note in black ink "L34 "and in white ink "4211". Sumer, Ur, Dynasty III, c. 2100-2000 B.C. Administrative Tablet of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2100-2000 BC. 8 lines in Sumerian. Record of labor for extracting reeds. Date King Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) year [n]. Umma. Provenance Rassla Foundation, Zurich

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CUNEIFORM TABLET 8 lines in Sumerian. Register of reed extraction work. Date King Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) year [n]. Ummah. Clay. 35 x 37 cm. Note in black ink "L34 "and in white ink "4211". Sumer, Ur, Dynasty III, c. 2100-2000 B.C. Administrative Tablet of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2100-2000 BC. 8 lines in Sumerian. Record of labor for extracting reeds. Date King Amar-Suen (2046-2038 BC) year [n]. Umma. Provenance Rassla Foundation, Zurich

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