Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
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© Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(u@c) {gesz}ur3
2. gesz sumun u4-bi-ta-kam
3. 4(u@c) 6(asz@c) {gesz}ur3 {gesz}ur2 gal-gal
4. 3(u@c) 6(asz@c) {gesz#}ur3# {gesz}ur2 us2-bi
column 2
1. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) pa-ku5 {gesz}ur3 gal-gal
2. tir ambar{ki}-ta
3. i3-kux(DU)
4. guru7-bi 2(disz@t)-am6
5. ganun# {d}mes-an#-du-ka
6. [i3]-kux(DU)
7. 3(u@c)#? [x x] 3(asz@c) {gesz}[ur2 gesz]-ur3 za3#-gu2#-la2
column 3
1. gesz sumun u4-bi-ta-kam
2. 4(asz@c)# {gesz}ur2 gesz-ur3 {gesz}til-lu#-ub2#
3. 2(u@c) 2(asz@c) {gesz}ur2 gesz-ur3 za3-gu2#-la2#
4. 4(asz@c) pa#-ku5# gesz-ur3 za3#-gu2-la2
5. tir ambar{ki#}-ta
reverse
column 1
1. i3-kux(DU)
2. guru7-bi 1(asz@c)-am6
3. e2 za3 iri-ka-ka
4. i3-kux(DU)
column 2
1. szu-nigin2 3(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) {gesz}ur3 tur# mah-ba
2. guru7#-bi# 3(asz@c)#-am6#
3. en-ig-[gal]
4. nu-banda3
5. U2-U2#
6. ugula#
7. e#-na-szid
column 3
1. bara2-nam-tar-ra
2. dam lugal-an-da
3. ensi2
4. lagasz#{ki#}-ka 4(|ASZxDISZ@t|)#