Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [n(asz@c)] uruda# ma-na#
2. sa10# e2
3. 1/2(asz@c)# e2-bi# sar
4. 4(asz@c)# uruda ma#-na
5. nig2#-diri
6. [1(asz@c)] me-gal2 tug2# tug2
column 2
1. [2(u@c)? ninda]
2. 2(u@c)#? [gug2]
3. 5(asz@c) kur2 [tux(|HIxASZ@c|)]
4. 5(asz@c) kur2 |GA2xHA|#
5. 1(asz@c) i3 sila3
6. sza3-da-nu-NE
7. a-ne-nu-HA
column 3
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. 8(asz@c)# ninda
6. 8(asz@c) gug2
7. 2(asz@c) kur2 tux(|HIxASZ@c|)
8. 2(asz@c) kur2 |GA2xHA|
9. u4-bi-kur-ra
column 4
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. [1(asz@c)] ur#-sukkal-[{d}]saman3
5. unu3
6. 1(asz@c) utu-mu-kusz2
7. 1(asz@c) ASZ2-mud
reverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) e-ta-e11
2. 1(asz@c) nam-mah
3. ur-{d}en-zi-da
4. bahar4#
5. [1(asz@c) x]-zi#
6. [x] x [x]
7. [...]
8. [...]
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) uruda ma-na
rest broken
column 3
broken
column 4
broken