Lexical tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. umbisag#
en: scribe
2. nagar#
en: carpenter
3. aszgab
en: leatherworker
4. zadim
en: stone cutter
5. simug
en: smith
6. bur-gul
en: seal cutter
7. ad-kup4
en: weaver
8. balag-di
en: harp player
9. esztub di
en: cultic carp actor
allomorph of gi-di, flute?
column 2
1. nar
en: singer
2. szidim
en: architect
3. szidim:TI
en: ...-architect
TI same word as in gal:TI in ED Lu A
4. szu-i
en: barber
5. engar
en: farmer
6. bahar2
en: potter
7. tug2-du8
en: felter
8. pa4-szesz
en: annointment priest
9. gudu4
en: gudu priest
column 3
1. szim-mu2
en: ...
2. munu4-mu2
en: maltser
3. a:zu5
en: physician
4. a:zu5 ansze
en: veterinary
5. a:zu5 MUNSUB
en: ... doctor
6. a:zu5 |HIxNUN|-|DU.DU|
en: ... doctor
7. azlag2
en: fuller
column 4
1. [x] USZ
en: ...
2. SAL-LAK779-DIM2
en: ...
3. nu-kiri6
en: gardener
4. kinda2
en: barber
5. kinda2 GAR:ISZ
en: ... barber
see ED Word List C 59-60
6. bar-szu-gal2
en: b. official
7. {kusz}ummu3
en: water skin
8. lu2-[x]
en: ...
reverse
column 1
1. AN [...]
2. ti-bala#
3. lu2 sag-ga2
4. subur
en: servant
5. en-ra:ESZ2
6. IB
7. lu2-gu2
8. lu2-RU:[x]
column 2
1. lu2 ninda-kum4
2. lu2-geszpu2
en: wrestler
3. lu2 gurusz
4. lu2-GISZ:KID
5. nu-KA
compare Kesh Temple Hymn 10 office of Nisaba nu-KA-ASZ
6. im-ru
en: clan
7. sukkal
en: secretary
8. i3-du8
en: doorkeeper
9. GAL:[x]
column 3
1. gal-nigir
2. nigir-la2
3. lu2 na4(|UD.NI|) lagab
4. GA2:zi
5. uszbarx(|U2.UR2|)?
en: father in law
6. nu-SZID sag munus nita
en: accountant of male and female slaves
accountant of male and female slaves?
7. lu2-a2-|TAK4+LAK283a|
column 4
1. lu2-|TAK4+LAK283a|-|TAK4+LAK283|
2. LAK51:|URUxA|
3. UM:|TAK4+LAK283a|
4. |SZE+NUNUZ|
5. x:sag
6. AN:MUSZ3:AN