Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, USA
tablet obverse 1. [n] 6(disz) geme2 3(ban2) en: n + 6 female laborers, 3 ban2, 2. [u4] 1(disz)-sze3 szu-ur3 zar3# tab#-[ba] en: for one day, to gather and pile up the sheaves, 3. [a]-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu en: on the field Willow, 4. [ugula] da-da-ga en: under charge of Dadaga, 5. kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e en: under seal of Lugal-emaḫe; 6. iti# sze#-kar-ra-gal2{ga2?}-la en: month: “Barley-stored-in-the-harbor,” reverse 1. mu en {d}nanna# [masz2]-e i3-pa3 en: year: “The en-priestess of Nanna was chosen by means of the goat.” blank space seal impression seal 1 1. lugal-e2-mah#-[e] en: Lugal-emaḫe, 2. dub-sar# en: scribe, 3. dumu lugal#-ku3-ga-ni# en: son of Lugal-kugani.
