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A COMPLETE UR III CUNEIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE TABLET
REIGN OF SHU-SIN, YEAR 7, 2031 B.C.
With 19 lines of Sumerian text, a receipt for quantities of pitch and other items, minor chip to edge, 2¼ x 1.7/8 in. (5.9 x 4.8 cm.); a complete Akkadian cuneiform tablet, 19 lines, a legal testimony concerning inheritance, with witnesses, minor chip to one side, reign of Tsilli-Adad, 1835 B.C., 2¼ x 1¾ in. (5.6 x 4.5 cm.); a complete Akkadian private letter, 21 lines, from Ili-etir to Ili-bani, 3¾ x 2 in. (9.4 x 5 cm.); a complete Akkadian administrative document, 22 lines, concerning the supplying of waggons to work for a certain number of days for certain fields, minor chip to one corner, 2½ x 1.5/8 in. (6.2 x 4.2 cm.); a complete Old Babylonian letter, 24 lines, from Ilun-lidul to Taribun, 2.1/8 x 1.3/8 in. (5.6 x 3.5 cm.); and an Old Babylonian inventory, 24 lines, of prized goods including items of lapis lazuli, copper and gold, reverse worn, 3¼ x 2 in. (8.2 x 5 cm.), all circa 1700 B.C. (6)
REIGN OF SHU-SIN, YEAR 7, 2031 B.C.
With 19 lines of Sumerian text, a receipt for quantities of pitch and other items, minor chip to edge, 2¼ x 1.7/8 in. (5.9 x 4.8 cm.); a complete Akkadian cuneiform tablet, 19 lines, a legal testimony concerning inheritance, with witnesses, minor chip to one side, reign of Tsilli-Adad, 1835 B.C., 2¼ x 1¾ in. (5.6 x 4.5 cm.); a complete Akkadian private letter, 21 lines, from Ili-etir to Ili-bani, 3¾ x 2 in. (9.4 x 5 cm.); a complete Akkadian administrative document, 22 lines, concerning the supplying of waggons to work for a certain number of days for certain fields, minor chip to one corner, 2½ x 1.5/8 in. (6.2 x 4.2 cm.); a complete Old Babylonian letter, 24 lines, from Ilun-lidul to Taribun, 2.1/8 x 1.3/8 in. (5.6 x 3.5 cm.); and an Old Babylonian inventory, 24 lines, of prized goods including items of lapis lazuli, copper and gold, reverse worn, 3¼ x 2 in. (8.2 x 5 cm.), all circa 1700 B.C. (6)