Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Special Collections, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) masz2-gal niga saga us2
en: 1 barley-fed full-grown billy goat of the second grade,
2. 1(disz) udu
en: 1 sheep,
3. 3(disz) u8#
en: 3 ewes,
4. 7(disz) ud5
en: 7 nanny goats,
5. 2(disz) masz2
en: 2 billy goats,
6. 5(disz) sila4 ga
en: 5 suckling lambs,
7. 3(disz) masz2 ga
en: 3 suckling goats,
reverse
1. ba-usz2
en: were slaughtered,
2. u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
en: it is on the 14th day (of the month),
3. ki a-hu#-we-er-ta
en: from Ahuwer,
4. {d}szul#-gi-iri-mu
en: Šulgi-irimu
5. szu ba-ti
en: received them.
6. iti sze-sag11-ku5#
en: Month: “Harvest.”
7. mu en {d}nanna ba-hun#
en: Year: “The en-priestess of Nanna was installed.”
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1. 2(u) 2(disz) udu
en: (Total:) 22 sheep