JAC 29, 023-030 01 (P429788)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Image © Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 2(u) udu 5(u) 2(disz) masz2
 en: 1 bull, 20 rams, 52 billy goats:
2. in-da-da nu-banda3
 en: (from) Indada, the captain,
3. ugula ur-{d}suen
 en: foreman: Ur-Suen;
4. 2(disz) gu4 niga 4(u) la2 1(disz) udu
 en: 2 bulls, grain-fed, 39 rams,
5. 2(u) masz2-gal 1(disz) sila4
 en: 20 adult billy goats, 1 lamb:
6. ar-szi-ah nu-banda3
 en: Arši-aḫ, the captain;
7. 2(disz) gu4 2(u) udu
 en: 2 bulls, 20 rams:
8. erin2 masz-kan2-u2-szu-re2{ki}
 en: the troops of Maškan-ušuri,
9. ugula lugal-pa-e3
 en: foreman: Lugal-pa’e;
10. 1(disz) gu4 niga 5(disz) udu
 en: 1 bull, grain-fed, 5 rams,
11. 4(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) masz2
 en: 4 adult billy goats, 1 billy goat:
12. lu2-kal-la nu-banda3
 en: Lukalla, the captain;
13. 1(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) udu
 en: 1 bull, grain-fed, 4 rams,
14. 5(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) masz2
 en: 5 adult billy goats, 1 billy goat:
15. lu2-sza-lim nu-banda3
 en: Awil-šalim, the captain;
reverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) udu
 en: 1 bull, grain-fed, 4 rams,
2. 5(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) masz2
 en: 5 adult billy goats, 1 billy goat:
3. s,i-ra-am nu-banda3
 en: Ṣiram, the captain,
4. ugula sag-{d}nanna-zu
 en: foreman:l Sag-Nanna-zu;
5. 5(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4 za-ri2-iq
 en: 5 rams, grain-fed, 1 lamb: Zariq;
6. 1(disz) sila4 ku5-da-mu
 en: 1 lamb: Kuramu;
7. 4(disz) udu niga 2(disz) sila4 ensi2 nibru{ki}
 en: 4 rams, grain-fed, 2 lambs: the governor of Nippur;
8. 4(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4 gi-nu-na nu-banda3
 en: 4 rams, grain-fed, 1 lamb: Ginuna, the captain;
9. 1(disz) sila4 id-da-a
 en: 1 lamb: Iddaya;
10. 1(disz) sila4 lugal-a2-zi-da sukkal
 en: 1 lamb: Lugal-azida, the courrier;
11. 2(disz) sila4 zabar-dab5
 en: 2 lambs: zabardab;
12. 4(disz) masz2-gal# su4-a niga 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga
 en: 4 adult billy goats, brown, grain-fed, 1 female kid, grain-fed:
13. ur-nigar{gar} ka-guru7
 en: Ur-nigar, silo manager;
14. 1(disz) sila4 zi2-na-na
 en: 1 lamb: Zinana;
15. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 nu-banda3
 en: 1 female kid: Nūr-ilī, the captain;
16. 1(disz) masz-da3 bu-bu
 en: 1 gazelle: Bubu;
17. 1(disz) udu niga szimaszgi 1(disz) masz2-gal niga szimaszgi
 en: 1 ram, grain-fed, Šimašgian, 1 billy goat, grain-fed, Šimašgian
18. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga e2-a-i3-li2
 en: 1 fattened female kid from Ea-ilī;
19. mu-kux(DU) na-sa6 i3-dab5
 en: as delivery Nasa accepted;
edge
column 1
1. iti szu-esz5-sza
 en: month “šu’eša,”
column 2
1. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ki-masz{ki} hu-ur#-ti{ki} u3 ma-da#-bi u4 1(asz)-a ba-hul
 en: year: “Ḫarši, Kimaš, and Ḫurti with their land in a single day were destroyed,”
column 3
1. u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
 en: 26th day.