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. 2(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) sze ku3-babbar
en: 2 shekels 70 grains silver,
2. la2-ia3 su-ga
en: deficit, repaid,
3. ki ur-{d}nun-gal dumu erin-da-ta
en: from Ur-Ningal son of Erinda,
reverse
1. e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
en: into the palace brought,
3. giri3 ur-{d}lamma
en: via Ur-Lamma;
4. iti szu-numun
en: month: “Harvest,”
5. mu us2-sa {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
en: year after: “Amar-Suen (is) king.”