Five Ur III unbaked clay cuneiform adminstrative tablets , comprising 1) 10 lines of text, a receipt for a total of 70 bronze sickles, dated to the third month of the year in which the Temple of Shara was built -- 4.1 x 5cm.; 2) 9 lines, a receipt for barley, provisions for Ur-sig, received by Lu-Nanna, and sealed by Gududu, multiple seal impressions -- 4.2 x 4.5cm.; 3) 8 lines, another receipt for barley, received by Ur-laba? by Lu-Nanna, multiple seal impressions of Gududu, chipped and repaired -- 4.5 x 4.4cm., all reign of Shu-Sin, year 9, 2029 B.C., the year the Temple of Shara was built ; 4) 10 lines, a receipt for four woven textiles from Ikalla, received by Ur-Amma in Nippur, multiple seal impressions, dated to the twelth month of the year in which the exulted stela was built, broken and repaired -- 4 x 4.4cm., reign of Shu-Sin, year 6 ; and 5) 9 lines of Sumerian text, a receipt of large quantities of barley from three different fields with totals set aside -- 4.2 x 4.5cm., circa 2050 B.C. , all from Umma (5)
Five Ur III unbaked clay cuneiform adminstrative tablets , comprising 1) 10 lines of text, a receipt for a total of 70 bronze sickles, dated to the third month of the year in which the Temple of Shara was built -- 4.1 x 5cm.; 2) 9 lines, a receipt for barley, provisions for Ur-sig, received by Lu-Nanna, and sealed by Gududu, multiple seal impressions -- 4.2 x 4.5cm.; 3) 8 lines, another receipt for barley, received by Ur-laba? by Lu-Nanna, multiple seal impressions of Gududu, chipped and repaired -- 4.5 x 4.4cm., all reign of Shu-Sin, year 9, 2029 B.C., the year the Temple of Shara was built ; 4) 10 lines, a receipt for four woven textiles from Ikalla, received by Ur-Amma in Nippur, multiple seal impressions, dated to the twelth month of the year in which the exulted stela was built, broken and repaired -- 4 x 4.4cm., reign of Shu-Sin, year 6 ; and 5) 9 lines of Sumerian text, a receipt of large quantities of barley from three different fields with totals set aside -- 4.2 x 4.5cm., circa 2050 B.C. , all from Umma (5)
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