Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
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© Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. la2-ia3 1(disz) ur-{d}isztaran dumu du-du
en: Deficit: 1 Ur-Ištaran, son of Dudu,
de: Fehlbetrag: 1 Ur-Ištaran, Sohn des
2. 1(disz) ur-e2-mah
en: 1 Ur-Emaḫ,
de: 1 Ur-Emaḫ,
3. u3 szesz-kal-la
en: or(?) Šeškalla,
de: oder(?) Šeškalla,
4. 1(disz) a-tu
en: 1 Atu,
de: 1 Atu,
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen enku
en: 1 Ur-Suen, fish-tither,
de: 1 Ur-Suen, der Steuerverwalter,
6. u4 4(u) 5(disz)-sze3 a2-bi 2(disz) gin2-ta
en: for 45 days, the labor: 2 shekels (silver per worker-year) each,
de: über 45 Tage zu je 2 Sekel
reverse
1. sza3 bala-a
en: part of the bala;
de: (Teil des) bala(-Diensts),
2. kiszib3 lugal-ku3-ga-ni
en: under seal of Lugal-kugani;
de: gesiegelte Tafel des Lugal-kugani;
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3. mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
en: year: “For the 2nd time Šašrum was destroyed.”
de: Jahr: “Zum 2. Mal Šašrum zerstört.”
seal 1
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