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8/9.4 (N)

Very interesting UrIII administrative document. A review or inspection of several named workers including house builders. The first section is  a list of names, some identified as the preceding person's brother or son. The second section is numbers , being amounts of rations for different categories of workers such as "male children" or "old persons". The document is by the Inspector of House Builders under the authority of Ur-Dumuzi.

80mm x 44mm

 




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9.30 n (N)

Though  only a single sided fragment from a n URIII administrative document this is a particularly  interesting fragment as it lists amounts of a mineral dye and potash as well as pig feed. There are several names: Ku-Nin-urra and Lu-Hani.

80mm long.

 



8.36.2 (N)

An interesting Sumerian cuneiform tablet from Isin, being an account of billy goats offered to named gods by the man  whose seal is applied Mat-Ili, son of Baba and dated by a year name in the reign of the lking Ur-Ninurta.

Recomposed from fragments. 107mm x 54mm.

 








 

 

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