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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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MVN 05, 008

[x] female laborers, for 5 days, from Umma — Puzur-Iškur carries the malt-flour. Foreman: Ur-Nintu. Under seal of: Nabasa. Month: 'E-iti-6' (the 6th month), year: 'Šašrum was destroyed.' (Seal:) Nabasa, scribe, son of Ugudu.

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

MVN 05, 015

1 habuda(-object) — its weight: ... shekels — from Ur-Enlila — sealed by Warad — month: Pa'u'e — year: 'The en-priestess of Nanna was chosen by (extispicy) omen' — Lugal-itida, scribe, son of Šeš-kalla.

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MVN 05, 015

MVN 05, 016

MVN 05, 017

Orient 55, 158-159 no. 4

Orient 55, 159 no. 5

Orient 55, 160 no. 6

PPAC 5, 1646

PTS 1073bis

QNAR 1, Fig. 3

RA 009, 043 SA 24

RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies)

Rochester 216

ROM 925.062.009

SEL 34-36, 263 no. 01

Smithsonian 09

Smithsonian 16

Smithsonian 27

SNAT 185

SNAT 236

SNAT 258

TLB 03, 148

TMH NF 1-2, 235

TMH NF 1-2, 334

TSU 091

UET 3, 0690

UT 1599-27

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