Receipt tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Image
© Martin Schøyen and the Schøyen Collection
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 4(ban2) sze-ba
en: 4 ban2 of barley rations
2. inim-{d}szara2
en: (for) Inim-Shara;
3. 4(ban2) ab-ba-gi-na
en: 4 ban2 (of barley rations for) Abbagina;
4. 4(ban2) lugal-ezem
en: 4 ban2 (of barley rations for) Lugal-ezem.
5. sze-ba a-szi-an-ka ku5-dam
en: The barley rations of Er-Dingir will be cut(?).
reverse
1. sze-bi ki gu-du-du-ta#
en: The barley from Gududu
2. szu ba-ab-ti
en: was received.
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3. iti {d}li9-si4#
en: Month: "Lisi."
4. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
en: Year: "The En-priest of Eridu was installed."