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(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
en: 9 male laborere workdays,
2. tir szum2-bad3-x
en: forest Šum-bad-...
3. {gesz}u2-bil2-x
en: charcoal ...
4. ga-ma-la
en: Gamala;
reverse
1. ugula ur-am3-ma#
en: foreman: Ur-amma;
2. kiszib3 lugal-nir#
en: under seal of Lugalnir;
blank space
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
en: month: “Festival of Šulgi,”
4. mu na-ru2-a ba-du3
en: year: “The stele was erected.”
seal 1
1. lugal-nir
en: Lugalnir,
2. dub-[sar]
en: scribe,
3. dumu ur-{d}[szara2]
en: son of Ur-Šara,
4. sza13-dub-ba-[ka]
en: chief accountant.