Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria
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© Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums, Syrian Arab Republic
Transliteration
object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak u3 kiszib3 dab#?-ba
en: accounts and sealed documents of conveyance,
3. lu2-zabala3 sipa udu ge6
en: of Lu-Zabala, herder of black sheep,
4. mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3-ta
en: from the year following: “The wall was erected”
5. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul-sze3
en: to the year: “Urbilum was destroyed”
reverse
1. i3-gal2
en: are here.
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