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~2051 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

AnOr 01, 106

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 106. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianEditorial

Drehem Cattle-Distribution Tablet

A window into the world's first total state. The Ur III administration tracked every animal, every worker, every shekel — for a population in the millions. The level of paperwork was not exceeded until the modern era.

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AnOr 01, 106

Drehem Cattle-Distribution Tablet

1896-06-15, 0009

1935-01-12, 0067

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 018, 1911-140

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 018, 1911-144

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 018, 1911-145

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 019, 1911-154

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 019, 1911-157

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-161

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-162

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-165

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 020, 1911-167

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 021, 1911-172

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 022, 1911-178

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 023, 1911-182

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 024, 1911-186

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-189

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 050, 1912-1145

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 051, 1912-1148

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 051, 1912-1149

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1151

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1152

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1153

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1154

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1156

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1159

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 053, 1912-1161

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 054, 1923-419

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 055, 1923-423

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 058, 1924-0531

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 060, 1924-0582

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 060, 1924-0584

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 061, 1924-0652

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 069, 1924-1308

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 069, 1924-1625

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 070, 1930-351c

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 075, 1924-0694

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 075, 1924-0696

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 077, 1926-684

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 078, 1924-1599

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 078, 1924-1706

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 079, 1932-280

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 080, 1932-418

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 083, 1933-0389c

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 084, 1935-395

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 085, 1935-514

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 085, 1935-515

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 089, 1935-526

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 092, 1935-536