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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:

--

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:

--


Registration Number: A5430

Accession Number: 487 A

Field Number: --

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