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Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay, Baked

Measurements: 31X28X14TH MM

Description: CUNEIFORM ISSUE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLOUR TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, 11 LINES, COMPLETE


Region: Dhi Qar governorate

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Umma

Place/other: --

Locus: --


Period: Late Akkadian

Date: --

Culture: --

Dynasty: Dynasty of Akkad

King/Ruler: --


Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: CUNEIFORM

Inscription Subject: Account of flours

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse

Translation:

--

Transliteration One:

1)   [x sìla zíd x A-g]a-dè ki
2)   [x sìla zí]d-ଢVLJ15ଣ
3)   5(bán) zíd-gu
4)   Sa-ma-nam
5)   2(bán) 4 sìla zíd.sze
(rev.)
6)   1(bán) 2 sìla zíd-gu
7)   6 sìla zíd-sig15
8)   Ma-ma-hur-sag
9)   szu.nigin 4(bariga) lal 4 sìla zíd A-ga-dè ki
10) 6 sìla zíd-sig15
11) [x+] 1 mu 10 lal 1 iti

[Transliteration after B.R. Foster]

Transliteration Two:

--

Transliteration Three:

--


Registration Number: A35178

Accession Number: 3656

Field Number: A39

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