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Image: Fragment of a stone bowl with 2 inscriptions, from Ur, Iraq. British Museum

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Description: The first inscription states that the bowl was booty brought to Mesopotamia from Magan (modern-day Oman) by the Akkadian king Naram-Sin (2254-2218 BCE). The second records that later, the daughter of King Shulgi of Ur III, dedicated the bowl to the moon god Sin at Ur (2094-2047 BCE). From Ur, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The British Museum, London. British Museum G56/dc11 BM 118553 Full text
Title: Fragment of a stone bowl with 2 inscriptions, from Ur, Iraq. British Museum
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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