Administrative Cylinder seal excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France
object cylinder seal surface a column 1 1. {d}nusku en: To Nusku, 2. sukkal-mah en: the chief minister 3. {d}en-lil2-la2 en: of Enlil, 4. lugal-a-ni en: his master, 5. nam-ti en: for the life 6. {d}szul-gi en: of Šulgi, 7. nita kal-ga en: the mighty man, 8. lugal uri5{ki}-ma en: king of Ur 9. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ka-sze3 en: and King of Sumer and Akkad, column 2 1. ur-{d}nanibgal2 en: Ur-Nanibgal, 2. ensi2 en: the governor 3. nibru{ki} en: of Nippur, 4. dumu lugal-engar-du10 en: son of Lugal-engardug, 5. ensi2 en: governor 6. nibru{ki}-ka-ke4 en: of Nippur, 7. a mu-na-ru en: dedicated (this) to him.