Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 engar ab-ba-ni-ke4
2. lugal-inim-gi-na-da
3. szu-du8-a i3-in-gub
4. iti sze-il2-la-ta u4 1(u) zal-la-a
5. tukum-bi nu-u3-gub
reverse
1. 6(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3
2. ib2-su-su-a
3. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
4. igi ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
5. igi ur-mes ha-za-num2-sze3?
6. igi lu2-{d}utu simug-sze3
7. igi ur-{d}utu gu-za-la2-sze3?
8. igi he2-lah5#-[sze3]
9. mu si-mu-ru-[um{ki}] ba-hul#
envelope
obverse
1. ur#-[{d}szul-pa-e3 engar ab-ba-ni-ke4]
blank space
2. lugal-inim-gi-[na-da]
3. szu-du8-a i3-in#-[gub]
4. iti sze-il2-la#-ta u4 1(u) zal-la-[a]
5. tukum-bi nu-u3#-[gub]
reverse
broken
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. dumu ab-ba?-[...]
3. [...]