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# 2)
This
contest has been solved for 1999.

This document was solved to my satisfaction on
1-16-99 by Stephen Meldrum. This is his solution:
- approximate date the text was
composed: Ur III Dynasty (ca. 2094-2047 b.c.), In the reign of
Su-sin, Year 8Ba, month 10
- Reasonably accurate English
rendering of the text: "Gold was deposited by Nur-Samas
via Zamama (this was a copy of the original tablet)
- You must provide the generally
accepted name of the author and the recipient: the author
appears to be I'-li-an-dul (line 7 of the tablet) and the recipient
Zamama
- You must indicate where the
tablet originate: tablet was found in Drehem, Southern
Mesopotamia, (current day Iraq)
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