LoC 037 (P272559)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

Image © Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. [n] sila3 dabin gur
2. [n] nig2-ga-ga dub
3. 2(ban2) zi3-gu sa
4. 8(disz) sila3 zi3-gazx(KUM) saga
5. 2(disz) sila3 zi3 li2-iq-tum
6. 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra 6(disz) sila3 ar-za-na
7. 2(disz) sila3 gu2-tur-tur
8. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga mur 1(u) 3(disz) saga
9. 1(disz) sila3 dabin sa
reverse
1. sze bala nig2-ar3-ra zi3-gu
2. ar-za-na u3 szim
3. 1(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 a-an?
4. 3(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15 za3-gu2-la2
  blank space
  seal impression
5. szunigin 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 zi3 hi-a
6. szunigin 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3 gazx(KUM)
7. szunigin 3(disz) sila3 zi3 kal
8. szunigin 2(disz) sila3 gu2-tur-tur
9. sa2-du11 u4 2(u)-kam
10. zi#-ga ki# za?-an-ni-ta
11. iti# ses#-da-gu7
12. [mu us2]-sa# {d}szu-{d}suen [lugal] uri5#{ki}-ma [bad3] mar-tu mu-du3 mu us2-sa-a-bi
  written on bottom edge of reverse and left edge
seal 1
1. ur-nigar{gar}
2. dub-sar
3. dumu al-la-dingir-ra