Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Knox College, Galesburg, IL, USA
tablet obverse 1. 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3# en: 2 male laborers for 1 day 2. u2 il2-la? x en: grass carried, 3. e sa-dur2-ra a-u2-da en: sadura ditch of auda (field), 4. ugula ARAD2-mu en: foreman: ARADĝu; 5. kiszib3 ur-mes a-igi#-du8# en: under seal of Ur-mes, the canal inspector; reverse blank space seal impression 1. mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} ba-hul# en: year: “Šašrum was destroyed.” seal 1 1. ur#-[mes] en: Ur-mes, 2. dumu [na]-ba-[lu5] en: son of Nabalu.
