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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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) kusz gu4 niga
en: 11 ox-hides, grain-fed,
2. 7(gesz2) 3(u) la2 1(disz) kusz udu
en: 429 sheep-hides,
3. 2(disz) kusz sila4
en: 2 lamb-hides,
4. sa2-du11 {d}szara2 umma{ki}
en: regular offerings of Šara of Umma;
5. 1(disz) kusz gu4 niga 2(disz) kusz udu niga
en: 1 ox-hide, grain-fed, 2 sheep-hides, grain-fed,
6. 3(u) 7(disz) kusz udu
en: 37 sheep-hides,
7. sa2-du11 {d}szara2 |KI.AN|[{ki}]
en: regular offerings of Šara of KI.AN;
8. 4(u) 7(disz) kusz udu niga 3(u) kusz sila4
en: 47 sheep-hides, grain-fed, 30 lamb-hides,
9. nig2-{gesz}tag-ga# [lugal]
en: royal sacrifice;
10. 1(disz) kusz gu4 niga
en: 1 ox-hide, grain-fed,
11. 1(gesz2) la2 2(disz) kusz udu niga
en: 58 sheep-hides, grain-fed,
12. 3(u) 2(disz) kusz udu
en: 32 sheep-hides,
13. sza3 sa2-du11 [(x)]
en: in the regular offerings ...;
14. 1(u) 2(disz) kusz masz2
en: 12 billy goat-hides,
15. sa2-du11 dah-ha {d}szul-gi
en: regular offerings, additional, of Šulgi;
16. 5(u) kusz udu 2(u) 1(disz) kusz sila4
en: 50 sheep-hides, 21 lamb-hides,
17. {d}nin-ur4-ra
en: for Ninura;
18. 1(u) kusz udu 7(disz) kusz sila4
en: 10 sheep-hides, 7 lamb-hides,
reverse
1. {d}eb-gal
en: (for) Ebgal;
2. 1(u) kusz udu 8(disz) kusz sila4
en: 1 sheep-hide, 8 lamb-hides,
3. {d}en-lil2
en: (for) Enlil;
4. 1(disz) kusz udu {d}nansze <umma>{ki}
en: 1 sheep-hides (for) Nanše of Umma;
5. 1(disz) kusz udu {d}gu-la [(x)]
en: 1 sheep-hide for Gula;
6. 3(u) 1(disz) kusz udu 2(u) kusz [x]
en: 30 sheep-hides, 20 ...-hides,
7. {d}inanna zabala{ki} [{d}nin]-ildu3#-ma u3 {d}ku3-[sig17-banda3{da}]
en: for Innana of Zabala, Nin-ilduma and Kusig-banda;
8. 3(disz) kusz udu ensi2 x [...]
en: 3 sheep-hides, for the governor of ...;
9. 6(disz) kusz udu 4(disz) kusz [...]
en: 6 sheep-hides, 4 ...-hides,
10. {d}e11-[e?] x [x]
en: for E’e ...;
11. 4(disz) kusz udu 2(disz) [kusz x]
en: 4 sheep-hides, 2 ...-hides,
12. {d}da-lagasz#[{ki}]
en: for Da-Lagaš;
13. 8(disz) kusz udu 4(disz) kusz sila4
en:8 sheep-hides, 4 lamb-hides,
14. {d}en-ki u3 {d}USZ#-ka-limmu5
en: for Enki and UŠkalimmu;
15. 4(disz) kusz udu 2(disz) kusz sila4
en: 4 sheep-hides, 2 lamb-hides,
16. {d}dumu-zi iri-min
en: for Dumuzi of double-city;
17. sa2-du11 dingir-e-ne
en: regular offerings of the gods;
18. mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3
en: year after: “The wall was erected.”