Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France
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Transliteration
object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
en: inspections of who passed by,
3. erin2 sag-apin
en: (labor-)troops, head plowmen,
4. ug3-IL2#
en: porters,
5. e2 {d}szul#-gi
en: of the house of Šulgi,
reverse
1. u3# e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
en: and the house of Ningešzida,
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2. i3-gal2
en: are here;
3. mu# hu-hu-nu-ri{ki#} ba#-hul#
en: year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed”