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~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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Anonymous 481004

1. 1 rope, (for) the female donkey and the nanny-goat — 2. its weight: 1 talent(?), 18 1/3 mina of wool(?) — 3. the towing-rope of the donkey, (for) the boat 4. of the governor; 5. from Šara-[...], 6. under seal of the governor. 7. Year: 'The boat of Enki was caulked.'

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~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

JAC 24, 060 07

2 female workers, full-time (listed at the head of the tablet), died. From the month 'Gazelle-feast' (month I) to the month 'Barley harvest' (month XII): the labor involved: 720 female-worker workdays; it is (a period of) 12 months. From (the account of) Anana withdrawn (booked out). Year: 'Amar-Suen, the king, destroyed Urbilum.' (Amar-Suen year 2)

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JAC 24, 060 07

MVN 15, 359

TAD 24 etc. (cast copies)

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 019, 1911-155

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 048, 1911-488

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 051, 1912-1150

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 062, 1924-0660

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 102, 1937-052

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 103, 1937-058

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 115, 1951-078

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 120, 1967-1490

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 126, 1971-276

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 132, 1971-314

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 162, 1974-581

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 195, Bod A 62

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 13 (120)

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 241, Bod S 273

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 245, Bod S 294

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 316

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 363

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 407

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 441

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 456

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 467

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 501

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 531

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 540

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 544

AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 575

AAS 049

AAS 058

AAS 061

AAS 062

AAS 138

AAS 192

AAS 198

ABTR 04

Aegyptus 17, 053 070

Aegyptus 17, 058 121

Aegyptus 19, 235 02

Aegyptus 19, 237 07

Aegyptus 19, 237 08

Aegyptus 19, 238 09

Aegyptus 26, 166 17

Akkadica 114-115, 097 09

Akkadica 114-115, 101 27

Akkadica 114-115, 102 31

Akkadica 134/1 §2.8

Aleppo 158