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Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III

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Receipt of livestock

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Shulgi, year 47 (2047 B.C)

NOTES
This tablet concerns the receipt of oxen. Lines 1-3 state "5 gu niga, 25 gu niga, 5 gu" (5 fattened oxen, 25 fattened oxen, 5 oxen). The year date colophon states: "Mu-ús-sa Ki mas...ba-hul" (The year after Kimas destroyed). Kimas was destroyed in the 46th year of Shulgi's reign, or 2048 B.C.

SUBJECT
Akkadian language--Texts.
Calah (Extinct city)
Cuneiform tablets.
Drehem (Extinct city)
Gods, Assyro-Babylonian.
Gods, Sumerian.
Gudea, of Lagash.
Iraq--Antiquities--Specimens.
Sumerian language--Texts.
Sumerians--Commerce.
Sumerians--Economic conditions.
Sumerians--Education.
Sumerians--Religion.
Sumerians--Rites and ceremonies.

RELATED NAMES
Collector: Minassian, Kirkor

MEDIUM
4 cm wide x 5 ½ high.

LANGUAGE
Sumerian

CALL NUMBER
No. 27

PART OF
Cuneiform Tablet Collection

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, African and Middle Eastern Division, Washington, D.C. 20540

DIGITAL ID
amcune cf0027 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cf0027
amcune cp0027 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cp0027
amcune cs0027 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cs0027

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