Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. 1(u@c)? [x] x [x] x (x)
3'. e2:gal
4'. x-x-si
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. x
2'. amar-KID-nun
3'. 1(u@c) e2-zi-pa-e3
4'. nu#-kiri6
5'. [x] LU? [...]
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. [...] szesz (x)
2'. nu-kiri6
3'. 1(u@c) lam-ma
4'. simug
5'. 1(u@c) ur-tul2-sag
6'. simug#
rest broken
column 4
beginning broken
1'. du3#? [...]
2'. [...]
3'. [...]-e2-x
4'. 5(disz) e2-na#?
5'. 1(u@c) ak
6'. 1(u@c) szesz-ki-na#
rest broken
column 5
broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. 1(u@c) [...]
2'. x [...]
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. 1(u@c) ur-e2-gal
3'. ugula#?
4'. 5(disz) dan6-dan6
5'. AN-nu-me
6'. 1(u@c)# an#?-ki [(...)]
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. 1(u@c) nin#-[x]-gid2-da
2'. 1(u@c) ur-utu
1(u@c) written over 5(disz)
3'. kuruszda
4'. 1(u@c)# x-x-[x (x)]
5'. ku#?-li-zi
6'. 1(u@c) ur-ur
7'. x (x) [...]
rest broken
column 4
beginning broken
1'. 1(u@c) AN-x-e2?#-[x]
2'. [...]
3'. [...] x x
4'. dam-gar3
5'. 1(u@c) ni-ni
6'. amar-KID-nun
rest broken
column 5
beginning broken
1'. x x (x)
2'. 1(u@c) [x (x)]
3'. 1(u@c) x [x]
4'. [(x)] x-sze3
rest broken