Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
tablet obverse 1. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal en: 1 gur 3 barig barley (according to the) royal (measure), 2. sze-ba za3-mu-ka-sze3 en: for the barley ration of the new year, 3. [e2]-kikken-ta en: from the millhouse, 4. [gab2]-us2# a-ri-a en: the assistant herder of the desert reverse 1. {d}nin#-nag-su-ka-ke4 en: of Nin-Nagsu 2. szu ba-ti en: received; 3. iti dal en: month “Flight,” some text moved to next line 4. mu us2-sa en eridu{ki} ba-hun en: year following “The lord of Eridu was installed.”
