Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France
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© Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Transliteration
object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
en: inspections of who passed by,
3. sag-apin erin2 ug3-IL2
en: head plowmen, (labor-)troops, porters,
4. e2 nam-ha-ni
en: of the house of Namḫani,
5. i3-gal2
en: are here;
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1. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
en: year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.”