Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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
1. 1(asz@c) la2 4(ban2@c) zi3 gur
2. (x) zi-zi
3. 1(asz@c) la2 3(ban2@c) lu2-lil-la
4. pu3-su-gi
5. 1(asz@c) bu3-bu3
6. 2(barig@c) puzur4-esz18-dar
7. 2(barig@c) e2-szud3
column 2
1. sipa
2. 2(barig@c) ur-{sze3}szer7-da
3. 2(barig@c) masz!
4. 2(barig@c) ur-e2-igi-nim
5. 1(asz@c) lugal#-uszur4#?-mu#?
6. 2(barig@c) [sag?]-nin#?-tuku#?
7. 1(barig@c) ur#-[x]
8. [n(barig@c)] za3#?-mu#?
column 3
1. 2(barig@c) ur-{d}szubur-ga-me?
2. 2(barig@c) ur-esz3-banda3{da}
3. 2(barig@c) ur-ur#
4. 2(barig@c) UD-UD#
5. 2(barig@c) x amar#?-x
rest broken
column 4
1. 2(barig@c) lugal-he2-gal2#
2. 2(barig@c) lugal-a-[mi?]
3. 2(barig@c) nagar#
4. 2(barig@c) szu-i2
5. 1(u@c)#? 2(barig@c)#? lugal#-[x]-szu#?
rest broken
reverse
column 1
1. 2(barig@c) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
2. 1(barig@c) |URxKASKAL|-be-li2
3. 2(barig@c) i3-lum-dan
4. [n(barig@c)] e2#-szud3
5. 1(barig@c)#? x (x) ka?