Receipt tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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. 2(u) sze gur
en: 20 gur of barley,
2. mu bala#-a-sze3
en: instead of bala (obligations).
3. kiszib3? e2#-ur2#-bi-du10
en: Sealed tablet of E-urbidu.
4. ki lu2-ma-ma-ta
en: From Lu-Mama.
5. ur-ba-ba
en: Ur-(A)baba
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
en: received.
blank space
seal impression
2. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2 i3-pa3
en: Year: “The En-priest of Inanna of Uruk was chosen by omen.”
seal 1
1. ur-{d}a-ba-ba
en: Ur-Ababa,
2. dub-sar
en: scribe,
3. dumu a2-ur4-a
en: child of A’ur’a.