AuOr 37, 045-046 03 (P248522)
Administrative tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Image © Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) gin2 4(disz@v)_-tu2 _la2 ku3-sig17-me#_
en: 1 less 1/4 shekels of gold,
2. {disz}{d}1(u)-5(disz)-mu-du3 u {disz}{d}en#-[du3]
en: (from) Ištar-šumu-ibni and Bēl-ibni,
3. _{lu2}ku3-dim3-mesz_ a-na bat-qu
en: the goldsmiths, for the repair
4. sza2 ku-lu-lu sza2 {d}gaszan sza2 unu{ki}
en: of the crown of the lady of Uruk,
5. _igi_-hir2
en: was received;
reverse
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1. {iti}sze _u4# 1(disz)-kam2_
en: (month) Addaru, 1st day,
2. _mu# 3(u) 7(disz)-kam2_ {d}na3-nig2-du-uri3 _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki}
en: 37th year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
obverse
1. _1(disz) gin2 4(disz@v)_-tu2 _la2 ku3-sig17-me#_
en: 1 less 1/4 shekels of gold,
2. {disz}{d}1(u)-5(disz)-mu-du3 u {disz}{d}en#-[du3]
en: (from) Ištar-šumu-ibni and Bēl-ibni,
3. _{lu2}ku3-dim3-mesz_ a-na bat-qu
en: the goldsmiths, for the repair
4. sza2 ku-lu-lu sza2 {d}gaszan sza2 unu{ki}
en: of the crown of the lady of Uruk,
5. _igi_-hir2
en: was received;
reverse
blank space
1. {iti}sze _u4# 1(disz)-kam2_
en: (month) Addaru, 1st day,
2. _mu# 3(u) 7(disz)-kam2_ {d}na3-nig2-du-uri3 _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki}
en: 37th year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.