An agricultural tablet from Ur III Iri-saĝrig kept in the Iraq Museum
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Agricultural land, Irisaĝrig, Fields, Ur III, Iraq MuseumAbstract
Received: 2026 / 08 / 16
Revision: 2026 / 08 / 30
Accepted: 2026 / 09 / 27
Published: 2026 / 09 / 30
The cuneiform tablet study here comes from southern Mesopotamia, specifically from the site of Irisaĝrig. This tablet dated to the second year of Ibbī-Suen’s reign (2028-2004 BC), the last king of the third Dynasty of Ur. The Iraq Museum number (IM 212985), its measurements (14.4× 8.5× 4 cm.) and is currently preserved in the Iraq Museum - Baghdad. It is a part of hundreds of confiscated cuneiform tablets, which were returned to Iraq from Jordan - Amman in 2008. The tablet documents amounts of grain (barley) and five land fields appeared only at the archives of Irisaĝrig.
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