Sumerian cuneiform tablet (clay, c. 1808 BC)

[ukhudshanskiy]

This tablet dating from the Old Babylonian Period is an administrative record of the distribution of three male sheep for various purposes in the palace. The issuance describes one for a ceremonial meal, one for the throne room and one for the women's quarters. The tablet is dated to the fourteenth year of the reign of Rim-Sin I of Larsa and records the year as when the troops of Uruk, Isin, Sutium and Rapiqum were destroyed, and Irdanene, king of Uruk, was struck with a weapon.

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