Found at Umma (Tell Jokha), a 3rd millennium BC separate city-state of Sumer. Date ca. 2300 B.C. "Messenger Tablet" measures of beer, bread, oil, onions to nine individuals, on the 23rd day of the 9th month of Shu-Sin 2.
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