Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay (Clay)

Measurements: 52X41X18 MM

Description: Surface flake from the left edge of what may have once been an agricultural record and/or an account of grain. It seems to have belonged to a large tablet with 2 or 3 columns on each side. Only 2-3 signs belonging to the beginning of three lines are preserved, plus some faint traces belonging to other lines. The flake might come from the reverse of the tablet, in which case the preserved signs would have belonged to the final column. The lines seem to record large quantities of a commodity measured according to the capacity system -- probably barley. THe second preserved line reads "ma-da" which could mean "the territory of..."' Based on the sign forms the fragment dates to the Ur III period. Its provenience is unknown; Umma is the most likely possibility, but other sites are possible as well.

Region: Unknown Region Iraq

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Umma

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Ur III

Date: Date lost

Culture: --

Dynasty: Third Dynasty of Ur

King/Ruler: --

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: YES

Inscription Subject: fragment -- agriculture/grain ?

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Reverse

Translation:

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Transliteration One:

Obv. 1. [x u]du niga Ki-ri2-ib-ul-me / lu2 Si-mu-ru-um{ki}

2. [x] udu niga A-ri-ba-tal lu2 Ši-/ma-nu-um{ki}

3. giri3 I3-li2-be-li 

4. Arad2-mu maškim

5. ša3 Nibru{ki}

6. 5 udu niga 4-kam-us2

7. 2 maš2 gal niga 4-kam-us2

Rev. (beginning broken)

1'. [...]-x-[...]

2'. [x udu?] niga? lu2 x-[...]

3.

Transliteration Two:

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Transliteration Three:

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Registration Number: A5365

Accession Number: 487 A

Field Number: --