Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay, Baked

Measurements: 35X34X13 MM

Description: Sealed tablet inscribed with a record of 300 liters of barley, to be used as fodder for kunga-mules, from the millhouse, from Arad2, sealed for (i.e., received) by Igi-Šara2-še3. Dated to month 7 of Amar-Suen year 3. Covered with cylinder seal impressions showing some very faint iconography (a presentation scene?) and a seal legend identifying its owner as Igi-{d}Šara2-še3, the servant of Šara. On the reverse, near the upper edge, is a round perforation; it is not clear whether this is the result of damage or was intentionally placed to help attach the tablet to something. Unusually, the seal impression made on the blank portion of the reverse, between the month and the year, is upside down.

Region: Dhi Qar governorate

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Umma

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Ur III

Date: Amar-Suen year 3

Culture: --

Dynasty: Third Dynasty of Ur

King/Ruler: Amar-Sin Year 3

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: YES

Inscription Subject: fodder for kunga-mules

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse

Translation:

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Transliteration One:

Obv. 1. 1.0.0 še gur lugal
2. ša3-gal anše.kunga2
3. e2-kinkin-ta
4. ki Arad2-ta
5. kišib Igi-{d}Šara2-še3 
Rev. 1. iti ezen-{d}Šul-gi
(seal)
2. mu ku3-gu-za {d}En-/lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Transliteration by Ryan D. Winters

Transliteration Two:

Seal legend: Igi-{d}Šara2-še3 / arad2 {d}Šara2

Transliteration Three:

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Registration Number: A4855

Accession Number: 487 A

Field Number: --