Cuneiform clay tablet. Mesopotamia, Ur III period, 2044 BC. 3 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm. Cattle transaction confirmed with the seal of the city ruler (probably a copy, as the text is unsealed): Sarakam has taken over 8 cows instead of 4 bulls with which he was burdened, that this burden has been transferred to Kas. Intact. Provenance: Ex collection J. K.-E., Hesse, acquired from G. Hirsch u. Nachfolger, auction 179, 1993, lot 1771.
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