AnOr 01, 186 (P101177)

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. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
 en: 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
3. 3(disz)# sa szum2
 en: 3 bundles onions,
4. ur-nigar{gar} sukkal gaba-asz
 en: for Ur-nigar, the messenger, to the frontier;
5. 1(disz) dug dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz
 en: 1 jug wort, 3 sila3 beer,
6. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
 en: 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
7. 3(disz) sa szum2
 en: 3 bundles onions;
8. szu-{d}utu gaba-asz
 en: for Šū-Utu, to the frontier;
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
 en: 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3 bread,
reverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
 en: 2 shekels oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
2. 1(disz) sa szum2
 en: 1 bundle onions,
3. {d}szul-gi-ki-ur5-sa6 ka-us2-sa2
 en: for Šulgi-ki’ursa, the ka’usa;
4. szunigin 2(disz) dug dida du 1(ban2)
 en: total: 2 jugs of common wort, 1 ban2 (barley per jug);
5. szunigin# [5(disz)] sila3 kasz saga szunigin 6(disz) sila3 kasz
 en: total: 5 sila3 fine beer; total: 6 sila3 beer;
6. szunigin 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 6(disz) gin2 i3
 en: total: 2 ban2 2 sila3 bread; total: 6 shekels oil;
7. szunigin 6(disz) gin2 naga
 en: total: 6 shekels alkali-plant;
8. szunigin 7(disz) sa szum2
 en: total: 7 bundles onions;
9. u4 7(disz)-kam
 en: 7th day,
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10. iti diri
 en: month: “Extra,”
11. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Simanum was destroyed.”