Lexical tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
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© Martin Schøyen and the Schøyen Collection
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [1(N01)] , [...]
2. [1(N01)] , [...] KAB#
3. 1(N01)# , NAM2 DI
4. 1(N01) , NAM2 NAM2
5. 1(N01) , NAM2 URU~a1
6. 1(N01) , NAM2 ERIN
7. 1(N01)# , GAL~a# SZUBUR
8. 1(N01)# , NAM2# APIN~a
column 2
1. [1(N01)] , |SZE~a.NAM2|#
2. 1(N01) , NAM2 RAD~a PA~a
3. 1(N01) , AB~a ME~a
4. 1(N01) , GAL~a |1(N58).BAD~a|
5. 1(N01) , EN~a IB~a
6. 1(N01) , GAL~a SZITA~a1
7. 1(N01) , ABGAL
8. 1(N01) , KINGAL
9. 1(N01) , GAL~a TE
column 3
1. 1(N01) , GAL~a SUKKAL
2. 1(N01) , GADA~a SUKKAL
3. 1(N01) , GAL~a GA~a
4. 1(N01) , SIG2~b GA~a
5. 1(N01) , GAL~a KISAL~b1
6. 1(N01) , GAL~a NIM~a
7. 1(N01) , GAL~a SILA4~a
8. 1(N01) , SZAB~a# GAL~a#
column 4
1. 1(N01) , SZAB~a BU~a
2. 1(N01) , GAL~a NESAG2~a
3. 1(N01) , GAL~a TUR3~a
4. 1(N01) , GAL~a UMUN2
5. 1(N01) , ERIN UMUN2
6. 1(N01) , SANGA~a UMUN2
7. 1(N01) , UMUN2 KU3~a
8. 1(N01) , ME~a UMUN2 KU3~a
column 5
1. 1(N01) , GAL~a AK~a#
2. 1(N01) , GAL~a IM~a
3. 1(N01) , IM~a TUR
4. 1(N01) , GAL~a SZA
5. 1(N01) , GAL~a KU3~a#?
6. 1(N01) , GAL~a TAG~a2
7. 1(N01) , GAL~a# |ZATU737xSAL|#
8. 1(N01) , [...]
reverse
1. 4(N14) 1(N01) , NAM2 GAR AMA~a SANGA~a