Sealed receipt of fodder for sacrificial sheep, 2026 BCE
Animals were sacrificed daily to Šara, the city god of Umma. Although this tablet does not say so explicitly, this must also have been the fate of the sheep recorded here, given the recipient’s known connection to the temple household.
40 x 47 x 20 mm
FSU_Tablet_21
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Cuneiform Tablets, 2350 - 1788 BCE
Umma
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Sealed receipt of fodder for sacrificial sheep, 2026 BCE: RTI Imaging Object
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Cuneiform Tablets, 2350 - 1788 BCE
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