Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Charles C. Tandy Archaeology Museum,Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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© Charles C. Tandy Archaeology Museum,Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) sa gi-zi
en: 60 bundles of fodder reed,
2. gu-nigin2-ba 5(disz) sa-ta
en: in each bale: 5 bundles;
3. ki lugal-mu-ma-ag2-ta
en: from Lugal-mumag,
4. kiszib3 a-lu5-lu5
en: under seal of Alulu;
reverse
1. iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
en: month: “Barley at the quay,”
blank space
seal impression
2. mu# en eridu{ki} ba-hun
en: Year: “The high-priestess of Eridu was hired.”
seal 1
1. [a-lu5-lu5]
en: Alulu,
2. dumu inim#-[{d}szara2]
en: son of Inim-Šara,
3. kuruszda [{d}szara2-ka]
en: animal fattener of Šara.