UTI 3, 1630, offered only a partial fit to a credit entry of the large account Erlenmeyer 152, as noted in CDLJ 2003:1 §16. Since there was a difference of 42 workdays between the two records, and since Erlenmeyer 152 indicated that its scribe was looking at two sealed documents for this entry, I stated that “the second [missing] sealed tablet is a copy of this one, exchanging 42 for 2.15 in the first line.” A recent publication of Ur III tablets in the British Museum by Tohru Ozaki and Marcel Sigrist (BPOA 1; Madrid 2006) contains the missing receipt in number 608 (=BM 106886), though in a form slightly more complex than initially suspected:
UTI 3, 1630 | BPOA 1, 608 | Erl. 152 obv. v 21-23
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6 guruš u4 1-še3 | |||
a2 mu iti-da | |||
2.15 guruš u4 1-še3 | 12 guruš u4 3-še3 | 2.57 guruš u4 1-še3 | |
a-ša3-ge a du11-ga | a-ša3-ge a du11-ga | a-ša3-ge a du11-ga | |
a-ša3 dšara2-gu2-gal | a-ša3 dšara2-gu2-gal | a-ša3 dšara2-gu2-gal | |
ugula lu2-dšara2 | ugula lu2-dšara2 | ||
kišib a-gu-gu | kišib a-gu-gu | kišib 2 a-gu-gu | |
(seal) | iti dli9-si4 | ||
mu ma2 den-ki ba-ab-du8 | mu ma2 den-ki ba-ab-du8 | ||
seal legend | seal legend | ||
ur-e2-mah | ur-e2-mah | ||
dub-sar | dub-sar | ||
dumu da-da | dumu da-da |
While the result is as anticipated (6 + (12×3) = 42), the new text separates from a three-day work period of 12 laborers a six-workday period described as a2 mu iti-da (unclear to me).
A second partial primary document hit for our Erlenmeyer 152 is BPOA 1, 767 (=BM 107053), corresponding to Erl. 152, obv. iv 19 - v 1 (below). Both new texts were dated to the 9th month of the year of Erl. 152 (SS 2; note to CDLJ 2003:1, n. 34 and correct v 1 to kišib ˹2˺! lu2-gi-na), as was Princeton 1, 380, that exhibited similar irregularities (CDLJ 2003:1, n. 19).
BPOA 1, 767 | Erl. 152 obv. iv 19 - v 1 | |
10 guruš u4 1-še3 | ˹10˺ guruš u4 1-še3 | |
kuša-ga2-la2 keš2-ra2 | kuša-ga2-la2 ˹keš2˺-ra2 | |
ma2-da-ga ma2 a-pi4-sal4ki -ta | ma2-da-ga ma2-a gar [a]-˹pi4˺-sal4ki -ta | |
ka gir13:giz-še3 | ka gir13-giz-še3 | |
ma2 gid2-da | ˹ma2˺ gid2-da | |
u3 ma2 gur-ra | u3 ma2 gur-ra | |
ugula lu2-dšara2 | ||
kišib lu2-gi-na | kišib ˹2˺! lu2-gi-na | |
iti dli9-si4 | ||
mu ma2 den-ki ba-ab-du8 | ||
seal legend | ||
lu2-gi-na | ||
dub-sar | ||
dumu ša3-ku3-ge |