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Cuneiform tablet- receipt of unshorn sheep MET ME57 16 8a
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The world it comes from
A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Neo-Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
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Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet- receipt of unshorn sheep MET ME57 16 8a.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet-_receipt_of_unshorn_sheep_MET_ME57_16_8a.jpg. Description: Neo-Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
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