Syracuse 003 (P130554)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) gurusz u4 5(disz)-sze3
 en: 6 workmen for 5 days,
2. zi3 ma2-a si-ga
 en: flour loaded in the barge,
3. zi3 ma2-ta ba-al
 en: flour unloaded from the barge,
4. 5(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3
 en: 5 workmen for 6 days,
5. nig2 siskur2-ra ma2-a {ga2#}gar
 en: (animal) offerings placed in the barge,
reverse
1. sanga-ne?-sze3
 en: for the temple administrators,
2. 6(disz) gurusz-sze3 u4 2(disz)-sze3
 en: 6 workmen for 2 days,
3. gi il2-la
 en: reed carried,
4. gi ma2-da-la2 ugula lugal-mu-ma-an-ag2
 en: read of the tow-boat, foreman: Lugalmu-manag,
5. kiszib3# ab-ba-gi-na
 en: under seal of Abbagina;
6. [mu] {d#}amar-{d}suen lugal-[e] ur#-bi2-i3-lum{ki} mu-hul
 en: year: “Amar-Suen, the king, destroyed Urbilum.”
seal 1
1. ab-ba-gi-na
 en: Abbagina,
2. dub-sar
 en: scribe,
3. dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re
 en: son of Lugal-magure.
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