CUSAS 35, 229 (P252848)

Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Image © Martin Schøyen and the Schøyen Collection

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u@c) sze gur
2. 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) dabin gur
3. 5(asz@c) zi3 bara2 i3-si
4. 2(barig@c) zi3 bara2! {kusz}a-ga2#-la2 i3-si
5. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) bappir
6. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) munu4
7. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) nig2-ar3-ra
8. 1(asz@c) i3 szim#-tur-tur samanx(|SZE.BU.SZE3.NUN|)
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) i3 erin-babbar2 samanx(|SZE.BU.SZE3.NUN|)
2. 1(asz@c) i3-nun samanx(|SZE.BU.SZE3.NUN|)
3. 1(asz@c) gir2 udu
4. 1(asz@c) ku6 al-dar-ra# gurdub
5. 2(asz@c) ku6 gurdub#
6. 2(asz@c) dim-x
7. 1(asz@c) sag#-szu2#
8. 7(asz@c) bar-si gada
9. [n(asz@c)] nig2# 2(disz@t) tug2
column 3
1. szesz-nam-lu2-ak#?
2. ma2-lah4
3. i3-de6
4. 2(asz@c) {kusz}esir4 x-du10-ga
5. [...] UD
6. 6(asz@c) {kusz}esir4 e2-ba-kam
reverse
column 1
1. kusz szah2-kam
2. 5(asz@c) {kusz}ummux(|EDIN.A.SU.A|)
3. esz2-ki? i3-szum2
4. 3(u@c) bar-si gada
5. 1(asz@c) gada bar-dul5
6. 2(asz@c) ku6 gurdub
7. 1(asz@c) gurdub bara2-dingir-ne2
8. ur4-sza3
column 2
1. i3-de6
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column 3
  blank space