Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penrose Library, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
tablet obverse 1. 6(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 en: 398 laborer days, 2. ki-su7 a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu en: at the threshing floor of the field Willow stationed; 3. ugula ur-mes en: foreman: Ur-mes, 4. kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e en: under seal of Lugal-emaḫe; 5. giri3 tu-ga-asz en: via Tugaš; reverse blank space 1. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun en: year: “The high-priest of Eridu was installed.” seal 1 1. lugal-e2-mah-e en: Lugal-emaḫe, 2. dub-sar en: scribe, 3. dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni en: son of Lugal-kugani.
