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(Contest # 2)

This contest has been solved for 1999.  

Hint:  This is not a Dear John Letter

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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