Cuneiform clay tablet. Mesopotamia, Ur III period, 2048 BC. 4.5 x 4 x 1.9 cm. Account of animals brought into the state cattle yard of Puzris-Dagan by high-ranking personalities in response to requests from court officials (1 young goat, 1 lamb, 2 fattening sheep, 19 sheep, 28 ewes, 2 rams, 1 goat, 2 bulls). They were taken from Nasa's account for the fattening farm, for sacrifices to the deities Enlil and Ninlil, his wife, and as cattle for slaughter in the kitchen. Minimally damaged at one corner. Provenance: Ex collection J. K.-E., Hesse, acquired from G. Hirsch u. Nachfolger, auction 179, 1993, lot 1772.
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