Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Art Museum / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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© Harvard Art Museum / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Transliteration
tablet
(enclosed in envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) esir2 had2 gur lugal
en: 10 royal gur of dried bitumen,
blank space
seal impression
2. mu ma2 gibil-sze3
en: for the new boat
3. ki ensi2 umma{ki}-ta
en: from the governor of Umma;
4. kiszib3 en-dingir-mu
en: under seal of En-dingir-mu,
5. giri3 a-mur-{d}suen lu2 kas4
en: via Amur-Suen, the runner,
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seal impression
6. u3 szesz-a-ni lu2#? x
en: and Šeš-ani, the ...;
reverse
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seal impression
1. iti ezem-mah
en: month: “Ezem-mah,”
2. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3
en: year: “The wall of the land was erected.”
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
en: Šulgi,
2. nita kal-ga
en: strong man,
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
en: king of Ur,
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
en: king of the four quarters,
column 2
1. en-dingir-mu
en: En-dingir-mu,
2. ra2-gaba
en: the courier,
3. ARAD2-zu
en: your servant.