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(u) 1(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4
en: 21 male laborers, plowmen,
2. a-sza3-ge a du11-ga
en: field irrigation done,
3. a-sza3 la2-tur
en: field Latur;
4. ugula ur-{gesz}gigir
en: foreman: Ur-gigir;
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur#-[{d}]ur3-bar-tab
en: under seal of Ur-Urbartab;
blank space
seal impression
2. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
en: year: “Simanum was destroyed.”
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab
en: Ur-Urbartab,
2. dumu lugal-a2-zi-da
en: son of Lugal-azida,
3. gudu4 e2-mah
en: gudu(-officiant) of the Emaḫ.