Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 2/3(disz) sila3 la2 1(disz) gin2
en: 2/3 sila3 minus 1 shekel
2. i3-nun du10-ga
en: of good ghee,
3. i3 szu-nir-ra
en: oil of the emblem
4. {d}nin-ur4-ra a-pi4-sal4{ki}
en: of Nin-ura of Apisal.
5. ki ur-e11-e-ta
en: From Ur-E’e.
reverse
1. kiszib3 sza3-ku3-ge
en: Sealed tablet of Šakuge.
seal impression
2. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3
en: Year after: “Šu-Suen, king, built the Martu wall.”
seal 1
1. sza3-ku3-ge
en: Šakuge,
2. dumu he2-sa6-ge
en: child of Ḫesage,
3. iszib {d}szara2-ka?
en: išib-priest of Šara.