Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) erin2 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal-ta
2. sze-bi 2(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
3. sze erin2 bala tusz-a-ka
4. i3-dub lu2-ku3-nun
5. ki ba-zi-ta
6. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. giri3 ur-{d}nun-gal dumu ensi2-ka
3. iti amar-a-a-si-ig
blank space
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) erin2 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal-ta#
2. sze-bi 2(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
blank space
3. sza3-gal erin2 bala tusz-a
4. i3-dub {d}nin-hur-sag-lu2-ku3-nun-ta
5. ki ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. dumu lu2-ba szabra
3. erin2 e2 {d}szul-gi-me
blank space
4. iti amar-a-a-si
5. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul#
seal 1
illegible