Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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© National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(u@c) |SZE+GAN2|
2. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) [...]
3. 2(asz@c) x [...]
rest of column traces
column 2
1. 2(u@c) x-(x) sze gur
rest of column missing
column 3
1. 8(asz@c) sze gur
2. x x [...]
rest of column traces
column 4
1. 1(u@c) n sze gur#
2. 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) 4(barig@c)#? sze gur
3. 1(asz@c) 4(barig@c) ziz2!
4. a-ul4-gal#
5. [...] sze [gur]
6. [...] sze [gur]
rest of column traces
reverse
column 1
1. [...] giszgal?-[(x)]
2. 2(asz@c) sze [gur]
3. nimgir# [(x)]
4. e2-[x]
5. ASZ-sag [(x)]
6. 1(u@c)? sze
7. a-uzu@90-u9# engar
8. u2-zar{ki}
column 2
1. [...]-x-di#?
2. sa12-du5 x
3. szu-nigin2 3(gesz2@c) 2(asz@c) sze gur esz2-gar3 ki DUB
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4. sa12-du5 szubur
column 3
1'. 2(gesz2@c)# 3(u@c) x (x) sze gur
2'. 3(asz@c) ziz2 gur
3'. 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) |SZE+GAN2| ki DUB
4'. 2(u@c) 9(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze gur
5'. 1(asz@c) 4(barig@c) ziz2 gur
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