Legal tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. di til-la
en: Completed legal case
2. 1(disz) sza3-szunigin dumu u2-sze3-he2-du unu3
en: 1 Sza-szunigin son of Uszehedu the herder,
3. ur-{d}nansze dumu ba-szi-sza3-ra-gi-ke4
en: Ur-Nansze son of Basziszaragi
4. ba-an-tuku
en: owned.
5. igi di-ku5-ne-sze3
en: In front of the judges
6. mu lugal-bi in-pa3-esz
en: they swore in the name of the king.
7. ur-{d}ig-alim dumu lu2-mu maszkim
en: Ur-Igalim son of Lu-mu was the enforcer
8. lu2-{d}szara2
en: Lu-Szara
9. ur-{d}isztaran
en: Ur-Isztaran
10. lu2-dingir-ra
en: Lu-Dingira
reverse
1. di-ku5-bi-me
en: were the judges.
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2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3