Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1. [...] x
en: ...
2. [...] SAG#?-si
en: ...
3. unu
en: Uruk
4. 4(N14@f) 2(N01@f) , alan-zi
en: 42 (men?): Alan-zi
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...] RU#
en: ...
2'. 2(N14@f)# 8(N01@f) , ama-engur-si
en: 26 (men?): Ama-engur-si
3'. 2(N14@f) 5(N01@f) , nam2-UN-si
en: 25 (men?): Nam-UN-si
4'. 1(N14@f) 5(N01@f) , mes-ki-nu-zu
en: 15 (men?): Mes-ki-nu-zu
5'. 1(N14@f) 6(N01@f) , SA6#-si
en: 16 (men?): SA-si
column 3
beginning broken
1'. [...] e2-ban#?
en: ...
2'. 3(N14@f) 2(N01@f) , GAN2!?
en: 32 (men?) [...]
3'. 3(N14@f) , ama-uszum-gal
en: 30 (men?): Ama-uszumgal
4'. 2(N14@f) 3(N01@f) , ni2-kur-ra
en: 23 (men?): Nikurra
5'. 4(N14@f) 3(N01@f) , SAG
en: 43 (men?): [...]
6'. 3(N14@f) 5(N01@f) , MA
en: 35 (men?): [...]
erased sign after MA
column 4
beginning broken
1'. [...] NE#
en: ...
2'. 2(N14@f) 2(N01@f) , a3-la-lumx(UET2_136)
en: 22 (men?): Alalum
3'. 8(N01@f) , bahar4
erasures
reverse
column 1
1. 3(N34@f) 2(N14@f) 4(N01@f) , lu2 RU
en: 204 men subscripted (?)
2. [n] 3(N01)# , e2-nun-gal
en: ... 3, enungal
3. unu
en: (of) Uruk
rest broken
column 2
blank space
rest broken