Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Image
© Martin Schøyen and the Schøyen Collection
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1.a. 3(N01) , 1(N26)
1.b. 1(N42~a) ,
2.a1. 2(N01) , DU8~c
2.a2. 2(N01) , ZATU726~d
2.a3. 2(N01) , SIG2~a1
2.b. 1(N25) 1(N28~c) ,
3.a. 5(N01) , ZATU845
3.b. 1(N30~c) ,
4.a. 1(N14) , 4(N57) GAR
4.b. 1(N42~a) ,
5.a. 5(N01) , SZA@g
5.b. 1(N28~c) ,
column 2
1.a. 5(N01) , |(SZAxHI@g~a)~a|
1.b. 1(N28~c) ,
2.a. 5(N01) , DU8~c@g
2.b. 1(N28~c) ,
3.a. 5(N01) , SAG TUG2~a#?
3.b. 1(N25)? ,
4. 1(N39~a) 1(N57) 1(N39~a) 1(N24) 1(N26) , SZE~a
reverse
column 1
1. 2(N01) , SUHUR BA
2. 3(N01) , 4(N57) SUHUR
3. 1(N08) 1(N57) 1(N08) , MU SZESZ~a MAH~a GIR~b
4. 2(N01) , SZESZ~a ZATU714 |ZATU759xKU6~a|
5. 3(N08)# [...] , SZESZ~a MAH~a
6. [...] , [...] SUHUR#? KU6~a
column 2
1. 2(N14) , AB~b |KU6~a+KU6~a| 1(N02)
2. 1(N01) , ZATU846 1(N02)
3. 2(N01) , KI@n UZ~a
4. 1(N01) , UDU~a |MAH~axX|
5. 1(N08) , AB~b GIR~b
6. 4(N08) , |(SUKUD+SUKUD)~b| X
column 3
1.a. 1(N39~a) 1(N24) , ZATU714
1.b1. 1(N24) , ZATU714?
1.b2. 1(N39~a) , HI@g~a
2. , MU