Halton diss. no. 26 (P514375)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
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  erasures
1. 5(disz) gu4 niga 3(u) udu niga
 en: 5 oxen, barley-fed, 30 sheep, barley-fed,
2. 4(u) udu
 en: 40 sheep,
3. {d}en-lil2
 en: for Enlil,
4. sza3 mu-kux(DU) kasz-de2-a
 en: in the delivery for the banquet;
5. lu2-dingir-ra dumu ARAD2-hul3-la
 en: Lu-dingira, son of ARADhulla;
reverse
1. mu kasz-de2-a nam-mu10-us2-sa2 s,e-lu-usz-{d}da-gan-PA-sze3
 en: for the wedding banquet for Ṣelluš-Dagan;
2. 7(disz) udu tah-sza-tal ra2-gaba
 en: 7 sheep from Dah(i)š-atal, the mounted (messenger),
3. udu su-ga usz-mu kuruszda
 en: sheep replaced by Ušmu, the fattener;
4. ARAD2-mu maszkim
 en: ARADmu was the administrator;
5. u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
 en: 18th day;
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6. ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi
 en: from Abbasaga(‘s account) lifted;
7. iti sze-sag11-ku5
 en: month: “Harvest,”
8. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
 en: year: “The throne of Enlil was fashioned;”
left
1. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz)
 en: (total:) 82 (cattle).
  calculation: 5 + 30 + 40 + 7 = 82
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