Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
tablet obverse 1. 5(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar {gesz}dih3 ku5 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta en: 3375 sar, cutting thorn weed at 15 sar (a day), 2. a2-bi u4 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)-kam en: its labor: 225 days, calculation: 3375 ÷ 15 = 225 3. a-sza3 nin10-nu-du3 en: field “Nin-nudu;” 4. 3(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) sar u2 ku5 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta en: 2250 sar, cutting grass at 15 sar (a day), 5. a2#-bi u4 2(gesz2) 3(u)-kam en: its labor: 150 days, calculation: 2250 ÷ 15 = 150 6. [a]-sza3 du6-ku3-sig17 u3# a-sza3 pu2-si4-mu en: field “Gold-Mound” and field “Pusimu;” 7. 7(gesz2)# sar {u2}kiszi17 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta en: 420 sar, thorn bushes at 12 sar (a day), 8. [a2]-bi u4 3(u) 5(disz)# n-kam# en: its labor: 35 days, calculation: 420 ÷ 12 = 35 9. [a]-sza3# u2-[...] en: field “...”; reverse blank 1. [kiszib3 inim]-{d}szara2 en: under seal of Inim-Šara; blank space seal impression 2. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun en: Year: “The high-priestess of Eridu was hired.” blank space seal impression seal 1 1. inim-{d}szara2 en: Inim-Šara 2. dumu ur-nigar{gar} en: son of Ur-nigar.