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A COMPLETE UR III CLAY TABLET, unbaked, with 7 + 7 lines of cuneiform text, an administrative document concerning five workmen to work on different tasks concerning boats for periods of one, eight, three, one and two days, (eg. for three days they will dredge the mouth of the canal for boats), with the seal impression of Inim-shara, reign of Ibbi-Sin, year 1, 2028 B.C., 4.2 x 4.7 x 1.6cm.; a complete tablet, with 6 + 3 lines of text, concerned with a workman for seven days for work on boats at the quay of Umma, with clear traces of seal impressions of Gududu, particularly on the reverse, reading "Ibbi-Sin, mighty king, king of Ur ... ", reign of Ibbi-Sin, year 2, 2027 B.C., 4.1 x 4.3 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 5 + 5 lines of text, concerning six men for three days to drag the ruler's boat up river from Umma to Nippur, with faint traces of a seal impression of Gududu, slight wear to reverse, 4.3 x 4.1 x 1.5cm.; another complete tablet, with 5 + 4 lines of text, concerning boat transportation from Umma to Nippur with three workmen for four days, with seal impression of Gududu, 4.3 x 4.3 x 1.4cm., both reign of Shu-Sin, year 9, 2029 B.C.; a complete tablet, with 6 + 3 lines of text, concerning wages for sixteen workmen for one day engaged in agricultural work in the fields around Umma under the supervision of Ur-dumuzida, with good seal impressions of Gududu on the reverse and traces on the obverse, reign of Shu-Sin, year 8, 2030 B.C., 4.1 x 4.1 x 1.3cm., all from Umma (5)