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This conclusion is supported by the thematic and typological similarities between the texts themselves. There is also evidence for the presence of SEpM compositions at other sites as well, although more data are required to determine whether SEpM as a whole had any presence outside Nippur. 34 All Ur literary tablets were found during Sir Leonard Wooley’s excavations (1922–34) and are now housed in the British Museum in London and the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. Most of the texts come from No. 1 Broad St and Nos.

In SEpM 11 the sender complains that he does not have an adequate labor force to stop the flooding of the Euphrates. Although he never directly asks for reinforcements, perhaps so as not to make demands of his superiors, the request is clear from his repetitive complaints. In contrast, the purpose of SEpM 12 is explicit. Here, the sender, Ur-Enlila, reports a civil dispute: Lugalane has accused Enlila@u and Hanzamu of intentionally damaging an irrigation channel in order to divert the water into their own field (ll.

Line 3, an apparent plot point placed before the blessing, is unexpected but clearly of importance to the sender. Two separate topics are then treated in the body of the letter: the city’s reticence to fulfill a request and a delivery of money and clothing, which were probably part of the inheritance share in l. 14.

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