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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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila4 ensi2 kisz{ki}
en: 1 lamb, governor of Kish;
2. 1(disz) sila4 bur-ma-ma
en: 1 lamb, Burmama;
3. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga ensi2 nibru{ki#}
en: 1 female kid, grain-fed, governor of Nippur;
4. 1(disz) sila4 ensi2 adab{ki#}
en: 1 lamb, governor of Adab;
5. 2(disz) gu4 1(disz) gu4 gesz-du3 gun3-a#
en: 2 oxen, 1 ox, breeder, speckled,
6. 1(disz) gu4 x-a 3(u) la2 1(disz) masz2
en: 1 ox, ..., 29 billy goats,
7. PI-bi2-il mar-[tu]
en: of PI-bi2-il, Amorite;
8. 1(disz) sila4 ur-gu-la nu-banda3
en: 1 lamb , Ur-Gula, nubanda;
reverse
1. 1(disz) amar masz-da3 e2-a-i3-li2
en: 1 calf-gazelle, Ea-ilī;
2. 1(gesz2) 6(disz) ud5
en: 66 nanny goats,
3. 4(disz) masz2-gal gesz-du3
en: 4 billy goats, full-grown, breeders,
4. s,e-lu-usz-{d}da#-gan
en: Ṣelluš-Dagan
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5. mu-kux(DU)
en: delivery;
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6. iti a2-ki-ti
en: month: “Akitu,”
7. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} u3 lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
en: year: “Simurrum and Lullubum for the 9th time were destroyed;”
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1. u4 7(disz)-kam
en: 7th day.