Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
en: 3 shekels silver,
2. [nig2]-sa10-bi 4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
en: its exchange value: 4 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 barley,
calculation: 3 × 1;2,1 = 4;1,3
3. [ki] ka-tar-ta
en: from Katar
4. [a]-lu5#-lu5 aga3-us2
en: did Alulu, the soldier,
5. [szu] ba-ti
en: receive;
reverse
1. <iti> sze-sag11-ku5
en: month “Harvest,”
2. mu us2 ki-[masz]{ki} ba-hul-a
en: year after: “Kimaš was destroyed;”
3. iti# sig4# gi4-gi4-dam
en: in month “Bricks” to be returned.