Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Archaeology Museum, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 9(asz) sze gur
en: 9 gur barley
2. sa2-du11 {d}szara2 szu-palil2
en: regular offering for Šara ...,
3. gu2-edin#-na#-ta
en: from Gu-edina
4. ki e2-gal-e-si-<ta>
en: from Egalesi
5. ha-la szu ba-ti
en: did Ḫala receive;
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta
en: from the month “Harvest”
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2. iti nesag-sze3
en: to the month “First-fruit offering,”
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seal impression
2. mu us2-sa sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
en: year after: “Šašru was destroyed.”
seal 1
1. ha-la
en: Ḫala,
2. dumu lugal-e2-mah
en: son of Lugal-emaḫ,
3. lu2 lunga {d}szara2
en: brewer of Šara.