COMPLETE UR III CLAY TABLET, unbaked, with 4 + 4 lines of cuneiform text, an administrative document concerning barley fodder for donkeys for twelve months received from Gududu, with multiple seal impressions of Ur-shulpaea, reign of Shulgi, year 25, 2070 B.C., 3.9 x 4.1 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 4 lines of text, a receipt for quantities of flour from Lu-dingira, with seal impressions of Lu-gina, small chip to reverse, reign of Shulgi, year 27, 2068 B.C., 3.9 x 4 x 1.5cm.; a nearly complete tablet, with 5 + 3 lines of text, a document concerning rations for Ur-enlilla, a door-keeper, with multiple seal impressions of Gududu, worn, reign of Shu-Sin, year 8, 2030 B.C., 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 4 lines of text, originally used as a docket attached to a basket of seal tablets over a period of thirteen months, two string holes in the left side, reign of Shu-Sin, year 9, 2029 B.C., 3.8 x 4.1 x 1.5cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 4 lines of text, concerning offerings of flour for the god Shara (the city god of Umma), with traces of a seal impression of Urmami, reign of Ibbi-Sin, year 1, 2028 B.C., 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 4 lines of text, concerning a delivery of barley as an offering for the cult of the deified king Shulgi (reigned 2094-2047 B.C.), sealed by Abbakalla and received from Gududu, reign of Ibbi-Sin, year 4, 2025 B.C., 3.8 x 4 x 1.1cm.; a complete Ur III tablet, with 5 lines of text, the reverse uninscribed, an administrative document concerning the employment of Ur-sin for a day in the twelve month, 2.9 x 3.2 x 1.2cm.; another tablet, a receipt, worn with some restoration, reign of Amar-Sin, year 7, 2040 B.C.; and the left side of a Neo-Assyrian administrative document, right side restored, 9th-8th Century B.C., all from Umma (9)

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COMPLETE UR III CLAY TABLET, unbaked, with 4 + 4 lines of cuneiform text, an administrative document concerning barley fodder for donkeys for twelve months received from Gududu, with multiple seal impressions of Ur-shulpaea, reign of Shulgi, year 25, 2070 B.C., 3.9 x 4.1 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 4 lines of text, a receipt for quantities of flour from Lu-dingira, with seal impressions of Lu-gina, small chip to reverse, reign of Shulgi, year 27, 2068 B.C., 3.9 x 4 x 1.5cm.; a nearly complete tablet, with 5 + 3 lines of text, a document concerning rations for Ur-enlilla, a door-keeper, with multiple seal impressions of Gududu, worn, reign of Shu-Sin, year 8, 2030 B.C., 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 4 lines of text, originally used as a docket attached to a basket of seal tablets over a period of thirteen months, two string holes in the left side, reign of Shu-Sin, year 9, 2029 B.C., 3.8 x 4.1 x 1.5cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 4 lines of text, concerning offerings of flour for the god Shara (the city god of Umma), with traces of a seal impression of Urmami, reign of Ibbi-Sin, year 1, 2028 B.C., 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.3cm.; a complete tablet, with 4 + 4 lines of text, concerning a delivery of barley as an offering for the cult of the deified king Shulgi (reigned 2094-2047 B.C.), sealed by Abbakalla and received from Gududu, reign of Ibbi-Sin, year 4, 2025 B.C., 3.8 x 4 x 1.1cm.; a complete Ur III tablet, with 5 lines of text, the reverse uninscribed, an administrative document concerning the employment of Ur-sin for a day in the twelve month, 2.9 x 3.2 x 1.2cm.; another tablet, a receipt, worn with some restoration, reign of Amar-Sin, year 7, 2040 B.C.; and the left side of a Neo-Assyrian administrative document, right side restored, 9th-8th Century B.C., all from Umma (9)

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