Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
tablet obverse 1. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar en: 2 shekels of silver, 2. sze-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) gur en: its barley 2 gur 2 barig; ca. 720 liters 3. buru14# ama-bi gi4#-gi4 su3-su3-da# en: the harvest will remit this debt, should (it) be inundated; 4. ba-a-mu en: Ba’amu reverse 1. mu lugal-bi in-pa3 en: by the royal name has sworn; 2. ki {d}nanna-i3-gi-ta en: from Nanna-igi 3. ba-a-mu en: did Ba’amu 4. szu ba-ti en: receive; 5. iti me-gi8-gal2 en: month “Mekigal,” 6. [mu en] {d}nanna masz2-e i3-pa3 en: year: “The en priestess of Nanna by omens was chosen.” envelope obverse 1. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar en: 2 shekels of silver, 2. sze-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) gur en: its barley 2 gur 2 barig; blank space 3. buru14 ama-bi gi4-gi4 su3-su3-da en: the harvest will remit this debt, should (it) be inundated; reverse 1. mu lugal-bi in-pa3# en: by the royal name he has sworn; 2. ki {d}nanna-i3-gi-ta en: from Nanna-igi blank space seal impression 3. ba-a-mu# szu ba-ti en: did Ba’amu receive; 4. iti# me#-gi8#-gal2# en: month “Mekigal,” 5. mu [en {d}]nanna# [masz2-e] i3-pa3 en: year: “The en priestess of Nanna by omens was chosen.” seal 1 1. ba-a-mu en: did Ba’amu, 2. dumu gu3-de2-a en: son of Gude’a.