Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gu4
en: 1 ox,
2. 5(disz) udu u2
en: 5 sheep, grain-fed;
3. igi-kar2 dam sukkal-mah
en: birth gift for the wife of the sukkalmaḫ;
4. 2(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga
en: 2 female kids, grain-fed;
5. ma2 an-na-sze3
en: for boat of An;
reverse
1. zi-ga
en: booked out (of the account of)
2. be-li2-du10
en: Belī-ṭab;
3. iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
en: month: “Festival of Mekigal,”
4. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
en: year after: “Anšan was destroyed.”