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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Cuneiform Tablet, 2035 BCE
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Cuneiform Tablet, 2035 BCE

Clay
5.7 x 4.3 cm
2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
LSO.22
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Clay tablet, with 13 lines of Sumerian Cuneiform writing. This is a small tablet beautifully written by a professional scribe and save for the beginning of a few lines on...
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Clay tablet, with 13 lines of Sumerian Cuneiform writing. This is a small tablet beautifully written by a professional scribe and save for the beginning of a few lines on the reverse, it is in very good condition.
It is dated to the 9th month of the 3rd year of Shu-Sin, the forth king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2035 BC. It is an administrative document about the transfer of three serfs to a new ‘owner’. Some of the expressions are so far not fully understood.
Translatio Ubarrum, soldier, son of Ilum-ban Ur Dumuzi, son of Nuhilu Su Ninshubur, son of Bubu:- They were not taken…in accordance with Adallal, the equerry:
Three serfs, not taken.
They were inspected and delivere Adallal the equerry took them,
Via Ur-mes, the city governor.
Month: Festival of Lisin.
Year: Simanum was destroyed. Serfs were not chattel slaves, but were tied to their jobs though free in other ways.
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