AN ALMOST COMPLETE UR III CLAY CUNEIFORM DOCKET, unbaked and tongue-shaped, which was once attached by string to a sack of flour, with a seal impression, 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.9cm. max.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 5 lines of text, a receipt for sheep, showing multiple seal impressions of the local city ruler, some damage to the reverse, reign of Shu-Sin, year 5, 2033 B.C., 4 x 4.1 x 1.5cm.; an almost complete tablet, with 5 + 5 lines of text, a receipt concerning beer and another foodstuff from Ur-shulpaea, loss of upper right corner, reign of Shu-Sin, Year 1, 2037 B.C., 3.8 x 4 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 5 + 3 lines of text, a receipt for barley from Gududu by Ludugga, multiple seal impressions of the scribe Usmu, reign of Ibbi-Sin, Year 2, 2027 B.C., 3.8 x 4 x 1.1cm.; a complete tablet, with 5 + 2 lines of text, a receipt for barley for wages from Ku-ninurra, with multiple seal impressions, 4.9 x 4.8 x 1.7cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 3 lines of text, concerning the issue of items from the first month of the fifth month under the supervision of Lu-..., whose seal appears especially on the reverse, worn, 4.6 x 4.2 x 1.8cm.; a complete tablet, with 5 + 4 lines of text, an administrative document concerning the wages for Ursukkal from the fifth to the twelve month supervised by Irum, sealed by Lu-hani, 3.8 x 4.2 x 1.6cm., all reign of Ibbi-Sin, Year 1, 2028 B.C.; another Ur III administrative document concerning irrigation, with 3 + 3 lines of text, repaired with restoration, 4 x 3.9 x 1.5cm.; and another tablet, repaired and restored, all from Umma (9)

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AN ALMOST COMPLETE UR III CLAY CUNEIFORM DOCKET, unbaked and tongue-shaped, which was once attached by string to a sack of flour, with a seal impression, 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.9cm. max.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 5 lines of text, a receipt for sheep, showing multiple seal impressions of the local city ruler, some damage to the reverse, reign of Shu-Sin, year 5, 2033 B.C., 4 x 4.1 x 1.5cm.; an almost complete tablet, with 5 + 5 lines of text, a receipt concerning beer and another foodstuff from Ur-shulpaea, loss of upper right corner, reign of Shu-Sin, Year 1, 2037 B.C., 3.8 x 4 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 5 + 3 lines of text, a receipt for barley from Gududu by Ludugga, multiple seal impressions of the scribe Usmu, reign of Ibbi-Sin, Year 2, 2027 B.C., 3.8 x 4 x 1.1cm.; a complete tablet, with 5 + 2 lines of text, a receipt for barley for wages from Ku-ninurra, with multiple seal impressions, 4.9 x 4.8 x 1.7cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 3 lines of text, concerning the issue of items from the first month of the fifth month under the supervision of Lu-..., whose seal appears especially on the reverse, worn, 4.6 x 4.2 x 1.8cm.; a complete tablet, with 5 + 4 lines of text, an administrative document concerning the wages for Ursukkal from the fifth to the twelve month supervised by Irum, sealed by Lu-hani, 3.8 x 4.2 x 1.6cm., all reign of Ibbi-Sin, Year 1, 2028 B.C.; another Ur III administrative document concerning irrigation, with 3 + 3 lines of text, repaired with restoration, 4 x 3.9 x 1.5cm.; and another tablet, repaired and restored, all from Umma (9)

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