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Cuneiform clay tablets (3), circa 2400-2100 BCE

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of three cuneiform clay tablets from the ancient sites of Drehem and Umma in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), dating to about 2400-2100 BCE. The cuneiform script on the tablets relates to administrative and economic transactions, including the receipt for the delivery of oxen, sheep, and goats to a temple; a sales receipt for the killing of an ox; and records of the temple transactions. Two of the three tablets have been marked by the seller with the numbers one and...
Dates: circa 2400-2100 BCE