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Sumerian city north of Shatra, Iraq, under
independent and semi-independent rulers from
about 3000-2700 BC. Besides objects of high
artistic value, it has provided about 30,000
clay tablets giving detailed information on
temple administration. It was discovered 1877
and excavated by Ernest de Sarzec, then
French consul in Basra.