ASJ 09, 239 13 (P102289)

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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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz saga
 en: 1 ban2 1 sila3 fine beer,
2. 2(ban2) kasz du
 en: 2 ban2 common beer,
3. u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
 en: 14th day;
4. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga
 en: 1 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer,
5. 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz du
 en: 3 ban2 7 sila3 common beer,
reverse
1. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
 en: 15th day;
2. ki ur-mes-ta
 en: from Ur-mes;
3. kiszib3 ensi2
 en: seal of the governor;
  blank space
4. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar
 en: month: “Bricks cast in moulds,”
5. mu us2-sa en ga-esz{ki} ba-hun
 en: year after: “The high-priestess of Ga’eš was hired.”
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
 en: Šu-Suen,
2. lugal kal-ga
 en: strong king,
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
 en: king of Ur,
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
 en: king of heaven with its four corners:
column 2
1. a-a-kal-[la]
 en: Ayakalla,
2. ensi2#
 en: governor
3. umma[{ki}]
 en: of Umma,
4. ARAD2-[zu]
 en: your servant.