Orient 55, 157 no. 2 (P424388)
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. 3(gesz2) 5(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila3-ta
en: 185 barley-fed sheep at 1 sila3 each,
2. udu bala-a
en: bala sheep,
3. sze-bi 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
en: their barley: 18 gur 2 barig 3 ban2,
calculation: 185 x 30 x 1 = 5550 = 18;2,3
4. giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da
en: via Lugalazida;
reverse
blank space
1. iti dal
en: month “Flight,”
2. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
en: year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed.”
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 5(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila3-ta
en: 185 barley-fed sheep at 1 sila3 each,
2. udu bala-a
en: bala sheep,
3. sze-bi 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
en: their barley: 18 gur 2 barig 3 ban2,
calculation: 185 x 30 x 1 = 5550 = 18;2,3
4. giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da
en: via Lugalazida;
reverse
blank space
1. iti dal
en: month “Flight,”
2. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
en: year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed.”