Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)
Image
© Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)
Transliteration
object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
en: long-tablets,
3. sze erin2 gi-zi
en: barley of the (labor-)troops of fodder-reed,
4. ba-zi dumu na-silim
en: Bazi, son of Nasilim,
5. i3-gal2
en: are here;
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1. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
en: year: “The en(-priestess) of Nanna of Karzida was hired.”