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Tablet 1: Found at Drehem, bill for 7 lambs and 4 kid goats
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- 2350 BC (Creation)
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Clay Cuneiform tablet.
Purchased by South Dakota State College President Willis E. Johnson from Dr. Edgar J. Banks in 1923.
Transcribe d by Dr. by Edgar James Banks in an undated letter: Found at Drehem, a suburb of Nippur, where there was a receiving station for the temple of Bel. The inscription is a bill for 7 lambs and 4 kid goats delivered on the 4th day of the month. It is dated in the last three lines about 2350 B.C., or early in the Ur dynasty of kings who ruled from about 2400 to 2100 B.C.
Description by the [Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative, UCLA](University of California, Los Angeles Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative Found Texts website: https://cdli.ucla.edu/)
Provenience: Puzri-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Period:Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period
Dates referenced: Amar-Suen.03.06.00
Material: Clay
Language: Sumerian
Genre: Administrative
Obverse: 1. 5(disz) gu4; 2. erin2 he2-bi2-la-at{ki}; 3. mu-kux(DU) / reverse: 1. iti u5-bi2-gu7; 2. mu us2-sa ma2-dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8; 3. u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam / left: 1. 5(disz) gu4