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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© Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...]-na
2. 1(asz@c) [x]-ma
3. AK-utu#?
4. 1(asz@c) AN-nu-me
5. 1(asz@c) [a-da]-DUR2
6. [...] x
7. [...] x
8. [...]
column 2
1. [...] simug
2. 1(asz@c) e2-da
3. sa12#-du5#
4. 1(asz@c) szesz-ama-na
5. maszkim!(|PA.DU|)
2-3 lines missing
column 3
1. dam-gar3-gal
2. 1(asz@c) AB-IM-LA
3. na-gada
4. 1(asz@c) szuba3#
5. [na]-gada
6. 1(asz@c) KA#-la2-lum
7. 1(asz@c) KA-x-[...]
8. [...]
column 4
1. munus-USZ-x-da-DU
2. 1(asz@c) x [...]
rest of column missing
reverse
column 1
1. 4(asz@c) uruda# ma#-[na]
2. {d}ur-nu-musz#-da
3. 1(barig@c) sze
4. 1(barig@c) ziz2
5. ad-da-tur
6. 3(barig@c) sze
7. ur-e2-nun-gal
8. nu-kiri6
column 2
1. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sze
2. ama-kiszi17-gal
3. 1(barig@c) sze
4. 1(barig@c) ziz2
5. RI-RI
6. szu-i
7. 1(barig@c) sze
8. 1(barig@c) ziz2
9. a2-ag2-du10
10. ad-KID
11. 1/2(disz@c) uruda ma-na
column 3
1. en-nu-kur-sze3
2. na-gada
3. 2(barig@c) sze
4. e2-a-nun
5. lunga3
6. 2(barig@c) sze
7. KA-nun-zi#
8. an-sze3-gu2
9. 2(asz@c) 3(barig@c) sze# lid2?-ga?
10. 3(barig@c) ziz2
column 4
1. an-sze3-gu2
2. lu2 du11-ga?
3. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c)
4. lu2 NI nu-DU
5. 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) lu2 NINDA DU
6. 5(asz@c) 1/2(disz@c) uruda ma-[na]