Tablet #1: medium brown; ca. 6 x 4 cm.; writing on both sides. It is a receipt for sheep, for the regular offerings (temple?), from an individual, "a-lul-lul" (or "a-lu-lu"). The date is Year 6 of the reign of Amar-Suena (Bur-Sin, son of Sulgi), of the Ur III Dynasty. Year formula is given as "mu a-ra-2-kam sa-as-su-ru-um. KI ba-hul" ("The year Sas(su)rum was destroyed for a second time"). This tablet dates to the year 2040 B.C., according to the chronology of Nikolaus Schneider, "Die Zeitbestimmungen der Wirtschaftsurkunden von Ur III." It is written in classical Sumerian. It records six offerings of both grain-fed sheep and grass-fed sheep. The month formulae mention the new moon. See "Third Dynasty of Ur: Temple Documents of the Sumerian Temple Activities," from the Collection of J.B. Nies, Vol. 5, nos. 36 & 38 for other tablets from the same year and/or individual. Tablet # 2: Dark brown; ca. 9 x 4 cm. This is a receipt or order receipt for aromatic woods and spices, for or from "xx-an-gir-ra, the Merchant." Date: Month 5. No year is given. Although no year formula is recorded, this tablet is also written in Classical Sumerian and dates to approximately the Akkad Dynasty or the Ur III Dynasty. Other tablets have been published which were probably written by the same scribe, and can be found in the book "Sumerian and Akkadian Administrative Texts," from the Collection of James B. Nies, Vol. VIII. Tablet #3: Light brown; ca. 12 x 5 cm. This tablet has been deeply rolled with a seal, making it hard to read. The reverse is in poor condition. It is a receipt for grain and other goods, possibly as rations. Date: the year formula has not been fully deciphered, but the style of cuneiform dates to the Old Babylonian period, making this tablet younger than the first two tablets.
