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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.
Transcribed by Dr. Edgar J. Banks in an undated letter: Found at Drehem. A record of the receipt of five oxen apparently for the temple offerings. Also on one edge is written "5 oxen." Dated ca. 2350 B.C.
Description by the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative, UCLA
Provenience: Puzri-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Period:Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period
Dates referenced: Shu-Suen.03.0323 (us2 year) ?
Material: Clay
Language: Sumerian
Genre: Administrative
Obverse: 1. 7(disz) sila4 4(disz) masz2; 2. u4 4(disz)-kam; 3. ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta; 4. in-ta-e3-a / reverse; 1. ; 3-dab5; 1 line blank; 2. iti ezem-mah; 3. mu {d}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2