Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 5(u) mer hi
2. 4(u) 5(disz) kur 5(u) 1(disz)
3. 1(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 bar 1(iku) 1/2(iku) ki
4. a-sza3 6(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) GAN2
calculation: 230 x (45 + 51)/2 = 6b 2.4i, + 10i - 1 1/2i = 6b 1e 5i
5. sze-bi ($ blank space $)
6. lam-lam-ma engar
7. GAN2-gu4 {d}nanna-kam
8. a-sza3 na-{ga}gab2-tum
9. 5(gesz2) 2(u) mer hi
10. 3(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) kur 3(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz)
11. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 bar 2(iku) ki
12. [a-sza3] 7(bur3) 3(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
calculation: 320 x (37.5 + 39.5)/2 = 6b 15.2i, + 9i - 2i = 7b 4.2i (text has 7b 3.25i)
13. [sze-bi ($ blank space $)]
14. [...]
reverse
1. [GAN2-gu4 ...]-x
2. 4(gesz2)# 3(u) 2(disz)? mer hi
3. 4(u) 2(disz) kur hi
4. 1(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 bar 2(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) ki
5. a-sza3 6(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2
calculation: 272 x 42 = 6b 6.24i, + 1.25i - 2.75i = 6b 4.74i (text has 6b 2i)
6. sze-bi ($ blank space $)
7. ur-{d}en-ki engar
8. GAN2-gu4 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
9. a-sza3 en-nu-lum-ma
10. ugula ur-en-gal-du-du
11. gu4 {d}amar-{d}suen
12. szuku-bi nu-ta-zi
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