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Exemplar a: 1. Ur-Namma, 2. king of Ur, 3. king of Sumer and Akkad, 4. the one who 5. built the temple of Enlil. Exemplar b: 1. Ur-Namma, 2. king of Ur, 3. king of Sumer and Akkad, 4. the one who 5. built the temple of Enlil.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth1 sheep — [regular offering] of Inanna of Zabala. 1 sheep — regular offering of Šara of Umma. From Ili-bilani, booked out (disbursed). Month: "Great Festival" (ezem-maḫ). Year: "the land of Zabšali was destroyed." [Seal:] Šu-Kabta, physician(?), son of Naram-ili. Iškur-illat, scribe, son of Abiya, is your servant.
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