Clay tablet naming Gudea

c. 2130 BC · Sumer

Clay tablet naming Gudea, from Sumer, dated c. 2130 BC. Today it is kept at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Date

c. 2130 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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