BIN 05, 226 (P106660)
Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) gurusz
en: 3 male laborers,
2. 1(asz) ug3#-IL2
en: 1 aš(-category) porter,
3. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
en: for 12 months,
4. a2-bi u4 2(gesz'u)
en: the labor: 1200 days;
(3 + 1/3 [=aš]) × 360 = 1200
5. lugal-e-ba-an-sa6 i3-dab5
en: Lugal-ebansa accepted;
reverse
1. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
en: year after: “Anšan was destroyed.”
obverse
1. 3(disz) gurusz
en: 3 male laborers,
2. 1(asz) ug3#-IL2
en: 1 aš(-category) porter,
3. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
en: for 12 months,
4. a2-bi u4 2(gesz'u)
en: the labor: 1200 days;
(3 + 1/3 [=aš]) × 360 = 1200
5. lugal-e-ba-an-sa6 i3-dab5
en: Lugal-ebansa accepted;
reverse
1. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
en: year after: “Anšan was destroyed.”