Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) sze gur lugal
en: 10 gur barley, royal (measure):
2. lugal-e2-mah-e
en: Lugal-Emaḫe,
3. 1(u) sze gur
en: 10 gur barley:
4. lugal-si-NE-e
en: Lugal-si-NE-e,
5. 1(u) gur
en: 10 gur:
6. ur-{gesz}gigir
en: Ur-gigir,
reverse
1. sze i3-szah2-ka-sze3
en: barley for lard
2. szu ba-ti-esz2
en: they received;
3. iti sze-sag-ku5
en: month: “Harvest;”
4. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
en: year: “Simurrum was destroyed.”
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