Amherst 022 (P100860)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Image © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 1(u) {gesz}szum2-sikil
2. ma2-u4-zal-la
3. e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
4. masz-da-re-a lugal
reverse
1. giri3 ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
  blank space
2. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. iti diri sze-sag11#-[ku5]
2'. mu <ha>-ar-szi#[{ki}] ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal [an-ub-da limmu2-ba]
2. ur-[{d}lamma]
3. sza3?-[tam?]
  edition has di-[ku5]
4. ARAD2-[zu]