Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay, Baked

Measurements: 45X40X15 MM

Description: Badly damaged sealed tablet inscribed with what was once a record of expended animals, from (the account of) Lu[gal-amar-ku3]. The signs recording what types of animals were expended have completely broken away. Faint traces of a seal legend can be perceived on the obverse. On the reverse is a centrally located seal impression, with deep track marks from the seal's endcaps; the iconography of a presentation scene can be recognized, although it is presently obscured by surface encrustations. The seal has been recognized as that of the well-known Puzriš-Dagan official Ur-Šulpae, the scribe, the son of Ur-Haya. The partially preserved date formula has been recognized as referring to month 9 of Šu-Šîn year 4.

Region: Al Qadisiyah governorate

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Drehem

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Ur III

Date: Šu-Šîn year 4

Culture: --

Dynasty: Third Dynasty of Ur

King/Ruler: Shu-Sin Year 4

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: YES

Inscription Subject: animals

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse

Translation:

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Transliteration One:

Obv. 1. 3 [+ ...]

2. 70? [+ ...]

3. x-x [...]

4. ki Lu[gal-amar-ku3-ta] 

Rev. 1. ba-zi 

(blank space)

3. iti e[zem]-#d-Š[u]-{d}EN.[ZU]

4. mu [bad3 ma]r-t[u / ba-d]u3


Transliteration by Ryan D. Winters

Transliteration Two:

--

Transliteration Three:

--

Registration Number: A4245

Accession Number: 487 A

Field Number: --