Receipt tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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. 5(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2)
en: 56 gur, 3 barig, 4 ban2,
2. sze-ba aga3-us2
en: of barley rations for soldiers.
3. ki ur-ba-ba-ta
en: From Ur-Baba.
4. ti-gi-ni-ba-asz
en: Tiginibash
5. szu ba-ti
en: received.
reverse
1. ugula ur-{d}nin-a-zu
en: Overseer: Ur-Ninzu.
2. iti ezem-mah
en: Month: "Lofty Festival."
blank space
seal impression
3. mu a-si-ma-num2 ba-hul
en: Year: "Simanum was destroyed."
seal 1
1. ti-gi-ni-ba-asz
en: Tiginibash,
2. aga3-us2 lugal
en: soldier of the king,
3. dumu hu-zi?-ti?
en: child of Huziti(?).