This baked-mud brick was stamped with the name of the Neo-Sumerian king Amar-Sin (also spelled Amar-Suen; his name was previously misread as Bur-Sin). The cuneiform inscription mentions the king's making of a great vessel or laver, which he dedicated to the service of the god Ea. From Ur, southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Ur III Dynasty, circa 2100-2000 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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