Orient 55, 160 no. 6 (P424381)

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(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
 en: 16 laborers for 2 days
2. umma{ki}-ta du6-gesz-i3-ka-sze3 ma2 su3 gid2-da
 en: from Umma to Dugeši an empty boat towed,
3. u4 2(disz)-sze3 sze gesz e3-a u3 ma2-a si-ga
 en: for 2 days barley threshing and in the boat loaded,
4. u4 1(disz)-sze3 i7 sal4-la{ki}-asz ma2 gid2-da
 en: for 1 day to the Salla canal boat towed,
reverse
1. u4 3(disz)-sze3 sze ba-al-la sze bala-a u3 guru7-a im-ur3-ra
 en: for 3 days grain unloaded, grain transferred, and silo plastering;
2. ugula ur-{d}szakkan
 en: foreman: Ur-Šakkan,
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2
 en: sealed document of Ur-Šara;
  blank space
  seal impression
4. mu# en# ga-esz#{ki#} ba#-hun
 en: year: “The lord of Ga’eš was installed.”
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szara2
 en: Ur-Šara,
2. dub-sar
 en: scribe,
3. dumu szesz-kal-la
 en: son of Šeškalla.