AnOr 01, 183 (P101174)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz) dug dida] 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
 en: 1 jug wort, 5 sila3 fine beer,
2. [n(ban2)] ninda# 2(disz)# gin2# i3 2(disz) gin2# naga
 en: ... ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
3. 3(disz)# sa szum2
 en: 3 bundles onions,
4. szu-{d}nu-musz-da sukkal gaba-asz
 en: for Šū-Numušda, the messenger, to the frontier;
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda
 en: 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila3 bread,
6. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
 en: 2 shekels oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
7. 1(disz) sa szum2
 en: 1 bundle onions,
8. ba-ba-a sukkal ka-us2-sa2
 en: Babaya, the messenger, the ka’usa;
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
 en: 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3 bread,
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
 en: 2 shekels oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
3. 1(disz) sa szum2
 en: 1 bundle onions,
4. a-tu gaba-ta
 en: for Atu, from the frontier,
5. szunigin 1(disz) dug dida du 1(ban2)
 en: total: 1 jug of common wort, 1 ban2 (barley per jug);
6. szunigin# 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 8(disz) sila3 kasz
 en: total: 5 sila3 fine beer; total: 8 sila3 beer;
7. szunigin n(ban2)# n(disz)# sila3 ninda szunigin 6(disz) gin2 i3
 en: total: n ban2, n sila3 bread; total: 6 shekels oil;
8. [szunigin 6(disz) gin2] naga
 en: total: 6 shekels alkali-plant,
9. [szunigin 5(disz)] sa szum2
 en: total: 5 bundles onions,
10. [u4 n]-kam
 en: nth day,
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11. iti pa4-u2-e
 en: month: “pa’u’e,”
12. [mu] si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul#
 en: year: “Simanum was destroyed.”