Administrative tablet excavated in Irisagrig (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Anonymous, Germany
Image
© anonymous, Germany
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) kasz
en: 1 barig beer,
2. 1(barig) ninda
en: 1 barig bread,
3. lu2 si-masz-ku-um{ki}-me
en: (for the) men of Simaškum;
4. u4 si-masz-ku-um{ki}-sze3 ba-e-re-sza-a
en: when to Simaškum they went,
reverse
1. giri3 sa6-a-ga lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal
en: via Sa’aga, royal messenger,
2. <u4> kiszib3 sukkal-mah iri{ki}-ta iri{ki}-sze3 mu-de6-sza-a
en: when the sealed document of Grand-chancellor from the city to the city they carried,
3. zi-ga
en: booked out;
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4. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
en: extra month “Harvest,”
5. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
en: year “Ibbi-Suen is king.”
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}[szu-{d}suen]
en: Šu-Suen,
2. lugal kal#-[ga]
en: strong king,
3. lugal uri5{ki}-[ma]
en: king of Ur:
column 2
1. [sa3-a-ga]
en: Sa’aga,
2. [lu2 kas4]
en: messenger,
3. [dumu i-...]
en: son of I-...,
4. [ARAD2-zu]
en: your servant.