Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz@t) szah2
en: 92 pigs
2. tu#-tu# i3-dab5
en: taken over by Tutu;
3. [sza3]-bi#-ta
en: therefrom:
4. 1(gesz2)! szah2 3(disz@t) kusz szah2
en: 60 pigs, 3 pigskins,
5. banszur-da nagar
en: to Banšurda the cabinet maker;
6. 1(disz@t) su-birx(|SZIMxNIG2|)-a szu-gal5:la2
en: 1 to Subaer, the š;
7. 2(disz@t) ar-ga-ti-a
en: 2 to Argati’a;
8. 2(disz@t) a-ku-ri
en: 2 to Akuri,
reverse
1. giri3-gen-na lugal
en: royal conveyor;
2. 7(disz@t) giri3-gen-na sa-di3-um sagi
en: 7 to the conveyor of the mountainman of the ‘cupbearer’;
3. 4(disz@t) giri3-gen-na ip-ti-ru-szu sukkal
en: 4 to the conveyor of Ipṭirūšu, the messenger;
4. 2(disz@t) giri3-gen-na gu-ti-um
en: 2 to the conveyor of the Gutiman;
5. 1(disz@t) dumu ga-a-lum 1(disz@t) lu2 kin-gi4*-a a-ku-ga#?
en: 1 to the son of Ga’alum, 1 to the craftsman of Akuga;
6. 2(disz@t) lu2 adab{ki}
en: 2 to the man of Adab;
7. 1(disz@t) szitim-me# 1(disz@t) e2-sa6-ga
en: 1 to the carpenters, 1 to Esaga;
8. 1(disz@t) sag-gir2#?-gal2
en: 1 to Sag-girgal;
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9. szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) la2 2(disz@t) szah2
en: total: 90 less 2 pigs,
left
1. zi-ga la2-ia3 4(disz@t) szah2#
en: booked out; deficit: 4 pigs.