CDLJ 2012/1 §3.08 (P416413)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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. 5(ban2) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin
 en: 5 ban2 5 1/2 sila3 of dabin-flour,
2. u4 7(disz)-kam
 en: 7th day;
3. 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 dabin#
 en: 5 ban2 8 sila3 of dabin-flour
4. u4 8(disz)-kam
 en: 8th day;
5. 3(ban2) 8(disz) u4 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam
 en: 3 ban2 8 sila3, 9th day;
reverse
1. 2(ban2) zi3 sagi
 en: 2 ban2 of flour, cup-bearer;
2. ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
 en: from Lu-dingira,
3. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
 en: under seal of the governor;
4. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba#-gar#
 en: month: “Laying bricks in the mold,”
5. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
 en: year after: “Šu-Suen (is) king.”
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