A COMPLETE UR III ADMINISTRATIVE CLAY TABLET, with cuneiform text concerning a receipt for 600 litres of grain to be given as an offering for the god Enlil from the Du-hishi threshing-floor, Daagi received from Ir, dated to the year the En-priestess of the god Nannar was chosen by liver-divination -- 3.8 x 3.7 x 1.5cm., reign of Shulgi, year 43, month 9, 2052 B.C.; an administrative receipt concerning 75 litres of spelt, Umani received from Ir the granary-overseer, dated to the year that the countries of Simurrum and Lullubum were destroyed for the 9th time, with seal impression of Umani, son of Lu -- 3.7 x 3.7 x 1.3cm., reign of Shulgi, year 44, month 9, 2051 B.C.; and another similar, concerning 60 reed-bundles, received from Dadaga, with seal of Lugal-ebansa, dated to the year that Puzrish-Dagan was built -- 3.8 x 3.8 x 1.7cm., reign of Shulgi, year 39, 2056 B.C., all from Umma (3)

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A COMPLETE UR III ADMINISTRATIVE CLAY TABLET, with cuneiform text concerning a receipt for 600 litres of grain to be given as an offering for the god Enlil from the Du-hishi threshing-floor, Daagi received from Ir, dated to the year the En-priestess of the god Nannar was chosen by liver-divination -- 3.8 x 3.7 x 1.5cm., reign of Shulgi, year 43, month 9, 2052 B.C.; an administrative receipt concerning 75 litres of spelt, Umani received from Ir the granary-overseer, dated to the year that the countries of Simurrum and Lullubum were destroyed for the 9th time, with seal impression of Umani, son of Lu -- 3.7 x 3.7 x 1.3cm., reign of Shulgi, year 44, month 9, 2051 B.C.; and another similar, concerning 60 reed-bundles, received from Dadaga, with seal of Lugal-ebansa, dated to the year that Puzrish-Dagan was built -- 3.8 x 3.8 x 1.7cm., reign of Shulgi, year 39, 2056 B.C., all from Umma (3)

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