Administrative tag 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
object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. udu gukkal gub-ba
en: sheep, fat-tailed sheep stationed,
3. a-bi2-si2-im#-ti
en: Abi-simti
4. ugula SI-a-a szusz3
en: foreman Ši’aya, cattle manager,
5. udu ku-ba-tum nin
en: sheep k. of the queen,
6. ugula i-zu-a-ri2-ik szusz3
en: foreman Izu-arik, cattle manager,
7. udu e2-gal
en: sheep of the palace,
8. ugula na-we-er-dingir
en: foreman Nawer-ili,
reverse
1. nam-ha-ni szusz3
en: Namḫani, cattle manager,
2. i3-gal2
en: are here;
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3. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
en: in Girsu,
4. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen# lugal uri5{ki}-ma#-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
en: year following: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the Martu wall ‘muriq-tidnim’ erected.”