Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) udu
en: 1 sheep
2. iti#-ta u4 2(u) 1(disz) ba-ra-zal
en: of the month day 21 elapsed;
3. 1(disz) udu
en: 1 sheep
4. iti#-ta# u4 2(u) 2(disz) ba-ra#-[zal]
en: of the month day 22 elapsed;
5. 2(disz) masz2-gal niga
en: 2 bucks, barley-fed,
6. 2(disz) udu
en: 2 sheep,
reverse
1. iti-ta u4 2(u) 3(disz) ba-ra-zal
en: of the month day 23 elapsed;
2. ki asz-ne2-u18-ta
en: from Ašne’u
3. be-li2-a-ri2-ik
en: Belī-arik
4. szu ba-ti
en: received;
5. iti a2-ki-ti
en: month: “Akitu,”
6. mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3
en: year: “The high-priestess of Nanna by means of extispicy was chosen.”