MVN 15, 377 (P118642)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) sze gur kiszib3 ka-tar-ni ma2-lah5#
 en: 10 gur barley, under seal of Katarni the boatman;
2. 1(asz) gur kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir dumu a-ri2-bi
 en: 1 gur, under seal of Ur-gigir, son of Aribi;
3. 1(asz) 1(barig) x gur? zi3
 en: 1 gur n sila3 flour,
4. kiszib3 ur-[{d}]lugal-banda3
 en: under seal of Ur-lugalbanda
5. 3(u)# 3(asz)# 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
 en: 33 gur 3 barig 5 ban2,
6. 2(ban2) ziz2
 en: 2 ban2 emmer,
7. lugal-ezem szabra
 en: from Lugalezem, the chief household manager;
8. 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig)? 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
 en: 25 gur 2 barig 5 ban2 3 sila3
9. la-ni-mu
 en: (from) Lanimu;
reverse
  blank space
1. szunigin 1(u) 1(u) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
 en: total 14 gur, 4 barig 2 ban2 5 sila barley;
2. szunigin 1(barig) 2(ban2) ziz2
 en: total 1 barig 2 ban2 emmer;
3. szunigin 1(barig) zi3
 en: total 1 barig flour.
4. kiszib3-bi gu2-ru-dam
 en: The sealed documents will be returned(?);
5. kiszib3 i3-kal-la dumu he2#-dam
 en: under seal of Ikalla, son of Hedam.
  blank space
  some erasures, potentially of month/year