Orient 55, 170 no. 18 (P424383)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Image © Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
 en: 1 shekel silver
2. ur5-sze3
 en: for interest
3. ki lugal-ku3-zu dam-gar3-ta
 en: from Lugalkuzu, merchant,
reverse
1. u-bar i3-du8 {d}nin-lil2-la2
 en: Ubar, doorman of Ninlil,
2. szu ba-ti
 en: has received.
3. iti sig4 u4 8(disz) ba-zal
 en: Month: “Bricks,” 8 days passed;
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
 en: year: “Šu-Suen, the king, destroyed the country Zabšali.”
seal 1
1. u-bar
 en: Ubar,
2. i3-du8 {d}nin-lil2-la2
 en: doorman of Ninlil,