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. 6(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 ugur2-tur-sag-du3
en: 6 bur3 field area: fields of Ugurtur-sagdu;
2. 4(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 usz-[gid2]-da
en: 4 bur3 field area: field of Long-side;
3. 5(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 GAN2-ansze#
en: 5 bur3 field area: field of Gana-anše;
4. nig2-gal2#-la kin? x ak
en: property, ... work done;
5. 8(bur3) GAN2
en: 8 bur3 field area:
6. a#-sza3# a-gar-sag-du3
en: field of Agar-sagdu;
7. [...] 2(bur3) GAN2 DISZ
en: ... 2 bur3 field area: one
8. [a]-sza3 du6-{d}szara2
en: field of Du-Šara;
reverse
1. 5(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-egir-GAN2 lu2-{d}szara2
en: 5 bur3 field area: field of Weir-field of Lu-Šara;
2. nig2-gal2-la a-de2 gu4-e 6(bur3) GAN2-ta ib2#-dab5
en: property, flood irrigation with oxen at 6 bur3 field area, seized.
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