An Ur III clay cuneiform tablet recording the rate of wages for work in a field, bearing the seal of Ur-Emah on both sides -- 2¼ x 1¾in. (5.8 x 4.5cm.), reign of Shu-Sin, year 5, 2033 B.C.; a South Italian gnathia ware pottery guttus, the central tondo with the head of a woman in relief -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) across, 4th Century B.C.; and a miscellaneous group of antiquities including five bronze Egyptian amulets and one blue glazed composition head amulet of Bes, Late Period (712-332 B.C.), and a group of bronze, glass and pottery vessels, various periods (11)

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An Ur III clay cuneiform tablet recording the rate of wages for work in a field, bearing the seal of Ur-Emah on both sides -- 2¼ x 1¾in. (5.8 x 4.5cm.), reign of Shu-Sin, year 5, 2033 B.C.; a South Italian gnathia ware pottery guttus, the central tondo with the head of a woman in relief -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) across, 4th Century B.C.; and a miscellaneous group of antiquities including five bronze Egyptian amulets and one blue glazed composition head amulet of Bes, Late Period (712-332 B.C.), and a group of bronze, glass and pottery vessels, various periods (11)

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Item 1 reads: "205 Sar to be dug at a rate of 5 Sar per day, implying wages for 41 days; an area of 384 Sar to be mowed at a rate of 8 Sar per day, implying wages for 48 days; an area of 228 Sar to be mowed at a rate of 12 Sar per day, implying wages for 19 days. All of this is at a wage rate of 5 Sila of barley per day, all in (a named) field, under administration of Shesh-Kalla"

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