CDLJ 2012/1 §4.59 (P416482)

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. ba-usz2
 en: slaughtered,
3. u4 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam#
 en: the 9th day,
4. ki na-lu5-ta
 en: from Nalu
reverse
1. {d}szul-gi-iri-mu
 en: Šulgi-irimu
2. szu ba-ti
 en: received;
3. iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
 en: month: “ki-siki of Ninazu,”
4. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
 en: year: “The high-priestess of Eridu was hired.”