Tablet
Classification/Broad: Writing
Classification/Specific: Tablet
Material/Broad: Clay
Material/Specific: Clay (Clay)
Measurements: 36 X 33 X 13 MM
Description: Sealed tablet inscribed with a record of 6 travel baskets (gi.kaskal) for NIG2.GIŠ.AŠ (possibly a type of bread, or a term for 'bakery'), caulked with bitumen (esir2 su-ba), from A-gu, sealed for by A-ra2, part of the bala-contribution (ša3-bala-a). Dated to year 7 of Šū-Šîn. Covered with cylinder seal impressions showing some faint iconography of a presentation scene and a seal legend identifying its owner as A-ra2, the scribe, the son of Lu2-ga. Based on the content, the officials mentioned, and the seal impression, the tablet comes form Umma.
Region: Dhi Qar governorate
Country: Iraq
Place/site: Umma
Place/other: --
Locus: --
Period: Ur III
Date: Šū-Šîn year 7
Culture: --
Dynasty: Third Dynasty of Ur
King/Ruler: Shu-Sin Year 7
Inscribed: Yes
Inscription Sequence Number: 1
Inscription Language: Sumerian
Script: Cuneiform
Dialect: --
Inscription Description: YES
Inscription Subject: reed baskets, bala
Inscription Type: Administrative
Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse
Translation:
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Transliteration One:
Obv. 1. 6 gi.kaskal 2. NIG2.GIŠ.AŠ esir2 su-ba 3. ki A-gu-ta 4. kišib A-ra2 Rev. 1. ša3 bala-a 2. mu [{d}Šu-[{d}EN].ZU / lugal-e ma-da / Za-ab-ša-li{ki} / mu-hul
Transliteration Two:
Seal legend: A-ra2 / dub-sar / dumu Lu2-ga
Transliteration Three:
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Registration Number: A5430
Accession Number: 487 A
Field Number: --
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