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Cuneiform Tablet Recording Sailors' Wages
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Cuneiform clay tablet with a wax seal impression on one side and a receipt recording the wages of sailors on the other. Likely in Sumerian, dated in the reign of King Shulgi in the year that the west wall was built, Third Dynasty of Ur. One corner broken off, with some loss of text.
Acquired from Erik von Scherling, date unknown.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared in May 2021 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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- Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services
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- May 2021
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Open for research.
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