MSVO 4, 27 (P005429)
Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1.a. 4(N14)# , |U4x(2(N14).4(N01))| GAR SZE~a
en: 4N14 grain in 24 months: GAR(-rations),
4N14 = 720N30
calculation: 24 x 30 = 720 days, 1N30 each day
1.b. 2(N01)# 2(N39~a) , TAR~a
en: 2N1 2N39 are “the cut”;
2N1 2N39 = 72N30
calculation: 720 ÷ 10 = 72
2. [...] 1(N01)# , [...]
en: ... 1N1 ...
column 2
1.a. 4(N14) , X GA~a SU~a# E2~a# SZAGAN
en: 4N14, GA ... for SU-E2-ŠAGAN,
4N14 = 720N30
calculation: 24 x 30 = 720 days, 1N30 each day
1.b. 2(N01)# 2(N39~a) , TAR~a
en: 2N1 2N39 are “the cut”;
2N1 2N39 = 72N30
calculation: 720 ÷ 10 = 72
reverse
column 1
1. [...] , ERIM2# X [...]
en: ...
obverse
column 1
1.a. 4(N14)# , |U4x(2(N14).4(N01))| GAR SZE~a
en: 4N14 grain in 24 months: GAR(-rations),
4N14 = 720N30
calculation: 24 x 30 = 720 days, 1N30 each day
1.b. 2(N01)# 2(N39~a) , TAR~a
en: 2N1 2N39 are “the cut”;
2N1 2N39 = 72N30
calculation: 720 ÷ 10 = 72
2. [...] 1(N01)# , [...]
en: ... 1N1 ...
column 2
1.a. 4(N14) , X GA~a SU~a# E2~a# SZAGAN
en: 4N14, GA ... for SU-E2-ŠAGAN,
4N14 = 720N30
calculation: 24 x 30 = 720 days, 1N30 each day
1.b. 2(N01)# 2(N39~a) , TAR~a
en: 2N1 2N39 are “the cut”;
2N1 2N39 = 72N30
calculation: 720 ÷ 10 = 72
reverse
column 1
1. [...] , ERIM2# X [...]
en: ...