MVN 02, 024 (P113323)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 5/6(disz) sila3 lal3
 en: 5/6 sila3 date syrup,
2. ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2
 en: its silver: 2/3 shekel;
  4/5 shekel per sila3 lal3
3. 4(disz) amar-sag uz-tur
 en: 4 a.-ducklings,
4. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2
 en: their silver: 1 shekel;
  1/4 shekel per amar-sag uz-tur
5. 1(disz) ku5-da
 en: 1 kuda,
6. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2
 en: its silver: 1 shekel less 1/6;
  5/6 shekel per ku5-da (?; unusual 5/6)
reverse
1. 1(u) la2 1(disz) pesz2-gesz-gi
 en: 10 less 1 bandicoot rats,
2. ku3-bi igi-6(disz)-gal2 6(disz)? sze
 en: their silver: 1/6 (shekel) 6(?) grains;
  4 grains per pesz2-gesz-gi
3. 1(disz) amar-sag u2-ga{muszen}
 en: 1 a.-crow,
4. ku3-bi 1(u) 6(disz) sze
 en: its silver: 16 grains;
  16 grains per amar-sag u2-ga
5. 3(gesz2) 2(u) ku6 kun-zi saga
 en: 200 reservoir fish, fine quality,
6. ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 1(u) sze
 en: their silver: 2 shekels 1/6, 10 grains;
  2 grains per ku6 kun-zi saga
7. nesag {d}en-lil2-la2
 en: “first fruits” of Enlil,
8. kiszib3 ha-lu5-lu5
 en: under seal of Ḫalulu;
9. mu e2 puzur4-da-gan
 en: year: “Puzriš-Dagan.”
seal 1
1. lugal-ezem dub-sar
 en: Lugal-ezem, the scribe,
2. dumu lugal-e2-mah-e
 en: son of Lugal-emaḫe,
3. szabra
 en: the chief household manager.