Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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(disz) gukkal
en: 1 fat-tailed sheep,
2. 1(disz) masz2-gal
en: 1 billy goat, full grown,
3. u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
en: 22nd day,
4. ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
en: from Abbasaga
5. tah-sza-tal
en: Tahiš-atal
reverse
1. i3-dab5
en: accepted;
blank space
2. iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
en: month: “kisiki of Ninazu,”
3. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
en: year: “The priest of Nanna of Karzida was installed;”
left
1. 2(disz) udu
en: (total:) 2 sheep.