RA 012, 021 15 (P127632)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Laurent Hebenstreit collection, Paris

Image © Laurent Hebenstreit collection, Paris

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 1(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
 en: 31 axes,
2. ki#-la2#-bi 2(u) ma-na 1(u) gin2
 en: their weight is 20 mina, and 10 gin.
3. 5(u) 8(disz) {uruda}gur10 1(u) 5(disz) gin2-ta
 en: 58 plough sickles, 15 (gin) each,
4. ki-la2-bi 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2
 en: their weight is 14 mina, and 4 gin.
reverse
1. kin til?-la
 en: Finished tools.
2. ki lu2-eb-gal-ta
 en: From Lu-Ibgal,
3. ur-{d}szara2-ke4 in-la2
 en: Ur-Šara weighed.
  1 line blank
4. iti szu-numun
 en: Month “harvest”;
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
 en: year: “Amar-Suen king”.
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szara2
 en: Ur-Šara,
2. dub-sar
 en: the scribe,
3. dumu lugal-uszur4?
 en: son of Lugal-usur