Halton diss. no. 40 (P514376)

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
1. 2(u) 3(disz) udu e2-muhaldim giri3 na-silim muhaldim
 en: 23 sheep for the kitchen, via Nasilim, the cook;
2. 1(disz) masz2-gal ur-szu-ri-tum-ma
 en: 1 full-grown goat, Ur-šuritumma;
3. 1(disz) u8 giri3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
 en: 1 ewe, via Ur-Šulpa’e;
4. 1(disz) sila4 giri3 u2-ta2-mi-szar3-um
 en: 1 lamb, via Uta-mišarum;
5. 1(disz) sila4 giri3 a2-an-ga2-ta
 en: 1 lamb, via A'angata;
6. 1(disz) sila4 giri3 NI-da-ku-un-ti
 en: 1 lamb, via NIdakunti;
7. 1(disz) sila4 giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu i3-li2
 en: 1 lamb, via Ur-Baba, son of Ilī;
8. 1(disz) sila4 giri3 ur-esz3-lil2-la2
 en: 1 lamb, via Ur-ešlila;
9. 1(disz) sila4 giri3 {d}nin-e2-gal-palil
 en: 1 lamb, via Nin-egal-palil;
10. 1(gesz2) 6(disz) udu u4 6(disz)-kam
 en: 66 sheep, 6th day;
11. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) udu u4 7(disz)-kam
 en: 117 sheep, 7th day;
12. 1(u) 2(disz) udu u4 8(disz)-kam
 en: 12 sheep, 8th day;
13. nig2-ezem-ma {na4}gug na2
 en: festival, carnelian, bed;
14. ($ blank space $) 3(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz)
 en: (subtotal:) 226 (small cattle);
15. sza3-bi-ta
 en: therefrom:
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1. 2(u) 5(disz) udu [x-x?]-x a-sza3-ta
 en: 25 sheep ... a-sza3-ta
2. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu lu2-ba i3-dab5
 en: did Ur-Baba, son of Luba, receive,
3. giri3 lu5-a-mu
 en: via Lu’amu;
4. 3(disz) udu giri3 lugal-nam2-mah
 en: 3 sheep, via Lugal-nammaḫ,
5. 5(disz) masz2 giri3 lu2-kal-la
 en: 5 goats, via Lukalla;
  blank space
6. zi-ga-am3
 en: booked out;
7. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) udu si-i3-tum
 en: 193 sheep, deficit;
  blank space
8. gaba-ri
 en: copy of
9. nig2-ka9-ak du11-ga
 en: the account of Duga,
10. giri3 szesz-kal-la
 en: via Šeškalla;
11. iti sze-sag11-ku5
 en: month: “Harvest,”
12. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.”
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