CDLJ 2012/1 §4.03 (P416412)

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

Image © Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

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.”