TLB 03, 157-158 (P134298)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in De Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 5(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
 en: 35 copper hoes,
2. ki-la2-bi 9(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
 en: their weight: 9 ma-na and 15 shekels,
3. ba-zi-ir
 en: (they) were smelted down.
4. ki lugal-im-ru-a-ta
 en: From Lugal-imrua.
5. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
 en: Ur-Ningešzida
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
 en: received.
2. giri3 gu3-de2-a sza13-dub-ba
 en: Conveyor: Gudea the chief accountant;
3. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su szabra-e2
 en: Conveyor: Lu-Ningirsu the chief administrator.
  blank space
4. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
 en: Year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.”
envelope
obverse
1. 3(u) 5(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
 en: 35 copper hoes,
2. ki-la2-bi 9(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
 en: their weight: 9 ma-na and 15 shekels,
3. ba-zi-ir
 en: (they) were smelted down.
4. ki lugal-im-ru-a-ta
 en: From Lugal-imrua
5. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da szu ba-ti
 en: Ur-Ningešzida received.
reverse
1. giri3 gu3-de2-a sza13-dub-ba
 en: Conveyor: Gudea the chief accountant;
  blank space
  seal impression
3. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su szabra-e2#
 en: Conveyor: Lu-Ningirsu the chief household administrator.
  blank space
4. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
 en: Month: “Festival of Dumuzi.”
5. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
 en: Year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.”
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su#
 en: Lu-Ningirsu,
2. dub-sar
 en: scribe,
3. dumu ARAD2-mu
 en: child of ARADmu.
seal 2
1. lu2-{d}nin-[gesz-zi-da]
 en: Lu-Ningešzida,
2. dumu ur-{d}nin-gesz-[zi-da]
 en: child of Ur-Ningešzida,
3. ugula [...]
 en: overseer of ...
seal 3
1. gu3-de2-[a]
 en: Gudea,
2. sza13-dub-ba gir2-su[{ki}]
 en: accountant of Girsu,
3. dumu la-ni
 en: child of Lani,
4. sza13-dub-ba gu-la gir2-su[{ki}]-ka#
 en: chief accountant of Girsu.
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