Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Image
© Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 esza
2. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
3. e2# {d}szara2-sze3
4. 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 esza#
5. 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
6. [n] sila3 zi3 sig15
7. [n] sila3 zu2-lum
8. [n] sila3# zi3-gu
9. [... {d}]gu#-la
10. [n sila3] esza#
reverse
1. 5(disz)# sila3 zi3 dub-dub
2. {d}gu-la |KI.AN|{ki}
3. 6(disz) sila3# zi3 sig15
4. 5(disz) [sila3] zu2#-lum
5. 1(ban2) [n] sila3# zi3-gu#
6. 4(disz) sila3# esza#
7. 4(disz) [sila3] zi3 dub#-dub#
8. x [...] x [...]
9. ki [...]
10. kiszib3 [...]
11. iti [...]
12. mu {d}[szu-{d}suen] lugal uri5{ki}-[ma-ke4 na-ru2]-a mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. [a-a-kal-la]
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. ARAD2-zu