Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz)# 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze-ba gur
en: 1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2, ration barley,
2. kiszib3 a-du-mu#
en: under seal of Adumu;
3. 2(asz) 4(barig) sze-ba gur kiszib3 lu2-[...]
en: 2 gur 4 barig, ration barley, under seal of Lu-...,
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4. 5(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze-ba gur ki {d}szara2-kam
en: 5 gur 2 barig 2 ban2? ration barley with Šara-kam
5. 1(barig) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da dumu nam-[tur]
en: 1 barig, Ur-Dumuzida, son of Namtur
6. 6(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur ur-ga2
en: 6 gur 3 ban2 5 sila3, Urga
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notepad numbers 7(asz) 2(barig)? 3(u) 5(disz)
reverse
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notepad number 3(barig)
erasures
1. ki-su7 du6-gub3-temen-na-ta
en: from the threshing floor Dugubtemena;
2. iti diri
en: month: “Extra,”
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
en: year: “Šu-Suen, the king, Great-stele erected.”