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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© Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) amar gu4 ga
en: 1 suckling bull calf,
2. 1(u) 5(disz) sila4 ga
en: 15 suckling male lambs,
3. 7(disz) kir11 ga
en: 7 suckling female lambs,
4. 8(disz) masz2 ga
en: 8 suckling kids,
5. u3-tu-da
en: newborns;
6. sza3 na-gab2-tum-ma
en: inside the Fattening House,
reverse
1. u4 7(disz)-kam
en: the 7th day
2. {d}szul-gi-a-a-mu i3-dab5
en: Šulgi-ayamu accepted;
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
en: month: “Harvest,”
4. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun
en: year: “Enmaḫgalana, the high-priestess of Nanna, was hired;”
left
1. 1(disz) gu4 3(u) udu#
en: (total:) 1 ox, 30 small cattle.