Plan or Drawing tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u)
preceded by circular impression
2. 3(u)
3. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz)
4. 1(gesz2) 3(u)
5. 5(u)
6. 2(u) 6(disz)
7. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz)
(rest of obv. scratch pad with numerical notations)
reverse
1. KA egir5 a2 szuku-ra-ta
2. 5(gesz2) ninda gid2 1(disz) sar-ta
3. kin-bi 5(gesz2) sar
calculation: 300n × 1s/n = 300s
4. 3(gesz2) 2(u) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) sar-ta
5. kin-bi 1(gesz2) 4(u) sar
calculation: 200n × 0.5s/n = 100s
no obvious connection with obverse; obv. lengths together = 497.5n, close to 500
6. kin-e-ra-a
7. gaba a-sza3 gu2-de3-na
8. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3