Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Anonymous, New York, New York, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 5(ban2) sze ur5-ra
en: 2 barig 5 ban2 loan barley,
2. masz2 nu-tuku
en: interest not bearing,
3. ki szesz-kal-la-ta
en: from Šeškalla
4. ab-ba-kal-la
en: did Abbakalla
5. szu ba-ti
en: receive;
reverse
1. igi lu2-bala-saga
en: before Lu-galasaga,
2. igi inim-{d}utu-sze3
en: before Inim-Utu
3. iti {d}dumu-zi-ta
en: from the month “Dumuzi”
4. iti nesag-sze3 su-su-dam
en: to the month “First fruits” to be repaid;
5. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
en: the royal name he swore;
blank space
seal impression
6. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2
en: year: “Big barge was fashioned”.
seal 1
1. ab-ba-kal-[la]
en: Abbakalla,
2. dumu ur-[mes]
en: son of Ur-mes.