Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Knox College, Galesburg, IL, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3#
en: 2 male laborers for 1 day
2. u2 il2-la? x
en: grass carried,
3. e sa-dur2-ra a-u2-da
en: sadura ditch of auda (field),
4. ugula ARAD2-mu
en: foreman: ARADĝu;
5. kiszib3 ur-mes a-igi#-du8#
en: under seal of Ur-mes, the canal inspector;
reverse
blank space
seal impression
1. mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} ba-hul#
en: year: “Šašrum was destroyed.”
seal 1
1. ur#-[mes]
en: Ur-mes,
2. dumu [na]-ba-[lu5]
en: son of Nabalu.