NYPL 370 (P122908)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
2. masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
3. ki ur-sa6-ga-ta
4. u2-t,ul-ma-ma
5. szu ba-ti
6. iti szu-numun-a sag-sze3
reverse
1. la2-e-de3
2. tukum-bi nu-la2
3. 2(disz)-am3 tab-be2-de3
4. mu lugal i3-pa3
5. igi lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 dumu ur-{d}utu
6. igi ur-{d}iszkur-sze3
7. igi ARAD2-{d}en-lil2-la2
8. igi ba?-x-du
9. igi hu-bu-ti-a
10. igi ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
11. igi szesz-szesz x x
12. iti bara2-za3-gar
  (some text moved to next line)
13. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
envelope
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 [ku3]-babbar#
2. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
3. masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
4. ki ur-sa6-ga-ta
5. [u2-t,ul-ma]-ma
reverse
1. [... la2-e]-dam
2. [...] tukum#-bi nu-la2
3. 2(disz)#-am3 tab-be2-dam
4. mu lugal i3-pa3
5. igi lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 dumu ur-{d}iszkur-sze3
6. igi ba?-x-du-sze3
7. igi ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
8. igi hu-bu-ti-a
9. igi ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
10. igi szesz-szesz x x
11. iti bara2-za3-gar
12. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
  (year name on new line)
seal 1
1. u2-tul2-ma-ma
2. dumu NE-NE
3. dam#-gar3 x [x]
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