Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal- record concerning laborers needed for irrigation work MET ME57 16 1

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·needed

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Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal- record concerning laborers needed for irrigation work MET ME57 16 1.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet_impressed_with_cylinder_seal-_record_concerning_laborers_needed_for_irrigation_work_MET_ME57_16_1.jpg. Description: Neo-Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Neo-Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

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Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal- record concerning laborers needed for irrigation work MET ME57 16 1.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet_impressed_with_cylinder_seal-_record_concerning_laborers_needed_for_irrigation_work_MET_ME57_16_1.jpg. Description: Neo-Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions.

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