Lot Essay
The total sum of barley mentioned is 12,680 sila measures (1 sila approximates to 1 pint). Nanshe is a Sumerian goddess, and Shara was the state god of the ciy of Umma.
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A complete Ur III clay administrative tablet
with 5 + 3 lines of text, concerning a receipt for quantities of barley from Lu-Ningirsu to Ur-Ningishzida, via Adda, the ... of Nanshe, dated to the year in which the Temple of Shara was built -- 3.2 x 3.1 x 1.5, reign of Shu-Sin, year 9, 2029 B.C., from Umma
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with 5 + 3 lines of text, concerning a receipt for quantities of barley from Lu-Ningirsu to Ur-Ningishzida, via Adda, the ... of Nanshe, dated to the year in which the Temple of Shara was built -- 3.2 x 3.1 x 1.5, reign of Shu-Sin, year 9, 2029 B.C., from Umma
See Illustration