Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. mu didli sze-ba siki-ba geme2 usz-bar
en: various years, barley rations and wool rations for the female weavers (of)
3. 1(disz) ab-ba-gu-la
en: Abba-gula
4. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu ur-{d}lamma
en: Lu-Ninšubur, son of Ur-Lamma
5. [1(disz)] ad#-da dumu da-a-da
en: Adda, son of Dayada
6. 1(disz) lugal-ab-ba
en: Lugal-abba
7. 1(disz) ur-sze-il2-la
en: Ur-še'ila
8. 1(disz) ad#?-da dumu e2-me-lam2
en: Adda, son of E-melam
9. 1(disz) i3-zu
en: Izu
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
en: Ur-Ningešida
reverse
1. 1(disz) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
en: Girini-Isa
2. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
en: Lu-Ninšubur
3. 1(disz) da-a-da
en: (and) Dayada;
4. u3 nigin-ba
en: and grand totals
5. i3-gal2
en: are here
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6. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
en: in Gu-abba,
7. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
en: year: "(Ibbi-Suen) chose by means of the omens the en-priest od Inanna in Uruk"