Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. szu-nigin2 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) sze gur saggal
2. sze-ba lu2 szuku dab5-ba-ne
3. 1(gesz2@c) 2(asz@c) 5(ban2@c) sze-ba geme2 dumu igi-nu-du8 sza3-dub didli
4. 4(u@c) 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) la2 1(disz@t)#? sila3 sze#
column 2
1. 4(u@c) la2 4(ban2@c) ziz2
2. sa2-du11-am6
3. 5(u@c) la2 2(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) sze
4. sze gar gu4 udu-kam
5. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze#
6. 3(u@c) 6(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)# ziz2 babbar2
7. 5(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 gu2-nida#
8. 5(asz@c) 2(barig@c) [gig?]
column 3
1. bar-bi gal2-la-am6
2. e2-munus-a-kam
3. 1(u@c) 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) sze
4. sze-ba geme2 dumu
5. 4(asz@c) la2 1(ban2@c) 5(disz@t) sila3 sze
6. 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)# ziz2#
7. sa2-du11-am6
8. 2(barig@c)# [4(ban2@c) sze ...]
9. [sze gar gu4 udu-kam]
reverse
column 1
1. [dumu-dumu-ne-kam]
blank space
column 2
1. gu2#-an-sze3 5(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)# [sze] gur saggal#
2. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) la2 4(ban2@c) ziz2# babbar2
3. 5(asz@c) 2(barig@c) gu2-nida
column 3
1. 5(asz@c) [2(barig@c) gig]
2. sze-ba sze gar ziz2 gar
3. bara2#-nam-tar-ra
4. dam# lugal-an-da
5. ensi2
6. lagasz{ki}-ka
7. iti ezem-AB-e3-ka
column 4
1. [en-ig-gal]
2. [nu-banda3]
3. e2#-ganba#-ka#-ta
4. e-ne-ba
5. lu2 szuku dab5-ba 2(disz@t) ba-am6
6. geme2 dumu 1(u) ba-am6 6(|ASZxDISZ@t|)