Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
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© Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. [n] sze gur
en: ... gur barley
2. sze {d}en-lil2-la2
en: barley for (the temple household) of Enlil,
3. ki-ba se-ge-de3
en: to be stored in that place,
4. ki lugal-nam-tar-re-ta
en: from Lugal-namtare
5. ur-{d}ha-ia3-ke4
en: did Ur-Ḫaya
6. szu ba-ti
en: receive;
7. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
en: the extra month “Harvest,”
8. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}inanna ba-hun
en: year: “En-maḫgal-ana as en priestess of Innana was installed.”
reverse
1. sze-bi buru14 ama-bi gi4-gi4
en: the harvest will remit this barley (debt)
2. e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ka#
en: into the household of Enlil
3. i3-ni-kux(KWU636)-kux(KWU636)-a
en: which he is entering;
4. a-sza3-mu u4-de3 ba-ab-[de3]
en: That “My field by the storm was ruined!”, or
5. a-e ba-ab-de3
en: “by flood water was ruined!”
6. lugal-ra u3 sanga nu-un-na-be2-[a]
en: to the king or to the chief administrator he will not say,
7. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
en: by the royal name he swore.
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ha-ia3
en: Ur-Ḫaya,
2. dub-sar
en: scribe,
3. dumu engar-du10
en: son of Engar-du,
4. sagi
en: cupbearer.