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~2400 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

UM 31-43-246

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 31-43-246. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic

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UM 35-01-147

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — UM 35-01-147. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Kress 017

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — Kress 017. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~2350 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

NMSI —

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — NMSI —. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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