HLC 144 (pl. 050) (P110020)

Administrative tag 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

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
 en: long tablets
3. ur-{d}ba-ba6 szesz lu2-kal-la
 en: of Ur-Baba, brother of Lukala
4. {d}lamma-iri-na
 en: Lamma-irina
5. u3 giri3-{d}nin-szubur
 en: and Giri-Ninšubur
reverse
1. dumu da-da
 en: son of Dada
2. i3-gal2
 en: are here
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4
 en: year: "Šu-Suen, the king of Ur,
4. e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki} mu-du3
 en: built the temple of Šara in Umma"