A COMPLETE UR III TABLET, with 4 + 3 lines of text, receipt for dead rams, multiple seal impressions of Lu-Kalla, reign of Shulgi (2094-2047 B.C.) year 42, 3.8 x 3.9 x 1.2cm.; another, with 4 + 3 lines, receipt for one donkey delivered to female mill workers, faint seal impressions, reign of Shulgi, year 42, 3.5 x 3.7 x 1.3cm.; another, with 4 + 4 lines of text concerning the employment of Lu-Kalla and Lugal-Ezen from the 6th month to the 9th month, multiple seal impressions of Lugal-Azida, reign of Amar-Sin (2046-2038 B.C.) year 5, 4.1 x 4.2 x 1.3cm.; another, with 5 + 4 lines, receipt for flour for the 25th day, multiple seal impressions of the ensi (city ruler), A-kalla, reign of Shu-Sin (2037-2029 B.C.) year 3, 3.8 x 4.0 x 1.0cm.; another, with 6 + 10 lines of text, receipt for specially fattened oxen for sacrifices for the god Enlil and the goddess Ninlil, for the 7th day, received from Puzur-Enlil, multiple seal impressions of the scribe Ur-Shulpa'e (the metal caps on the cylinder have left clear tracks on the surface of the tablet), slight chips to two corners, dated to the year in which Shu-Sin, King of Ur, conquered the land of Zabshali, reign of Shu-Sin, year 7, 4.3 x 5.0 x 1.7cm., all from Umma (5)

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A COMPLETE UR III TABLET, with 4 + 3 lines of text, receipt for dead rams, multiple seal impressions of Lu-Kalla, reign of Shulgi (2094-2047 B.C.) year 42, 3.8 x 3.9 x 1.2cm.; another, with 4 + 3 lines, receipt for one donkey delivered to female mill workers, faint seal impressions, reign of Shulgi, year 42, 3.5 x 3.7 x 1.3cm.; another, with 4 + 4 lines of text concerning the employment of Lu-Kalla and Lugal-Ezen from the 6th month to the 9th month, multiple seal impressions of Lugal-Azida, reign of Amar-Sin (2046-2038 B.C.) year 5, 4.1 x 4.2 x 1.3cm.; another, with 5 + 4 lines, receipt for flour for the 25th day, multiple seal impressions of the ensi (city ruler), A-kalla, reign of Shu-Sin (2037-2029 B.C.) year 3, 3.8 x 4.0 x 1.0cm.; another, with 6 + 10 lines of text, receipt for specially fattened oxen for sacrifices for the god Enlil and the goddess Ninlil, for the 7th day, received from Puzur-Enlil, multiple seal impressions of the scribe Ur-Shulpa'e (the metal caps on the cylinder have left clear tracks on the surface of the tablet), slight chips to two corners, dated to the year in which Shu-Sin, King of Ur, conquered the land of Zabshali, reign of Shu-Sin, year 7, 4.3 x 5.0 x 1.7cm., all from Umma (5)

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The line recording the name of the scribe was omitted when the tablet was first written and added afterwards in small script on the edge.

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