Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay (Clay)

Measurements: 28 X 20 X 9 MM

Description: Minuscule tablet inscribed in "absurdly" small script with a record of victuals (beer, bread, onions, oil, soap, and beer wort and various kinds of flour) issued to various named individuals (a messenger text). Even for this genre, well-known for its microscript tablets, the inscribed wedges are incredibly tiny. The named recipients are: Arši-ah, Šeš-ku3-zu, Imtidam, Gudua, Lu-Nanna, Bu3-ka, Ur-Šulpa'e, Hulal, Allu, Du10-ga, and Šū-Eštar. Dated to month 11 of Šū-Šîn year 3. From Umma.

Region: Dhi Qar governorate

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Umma

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Ur III

Date: Šū-Šîn year 3

Culture: --

Dynasty: Third Dynasty of Ur

King/Ruler: Shu-Sin Year 3

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: YES

Inscription Subject: messenger text

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse

Translation:

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Transliteration One:

Obv. 1. 5 sila3 kaš 3 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga

2. Ar-ši-ah

3. 5 sila3 kaš 3 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga

4. Šeš-ku3-zu

5. 5 sila3 kaš 3 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga

6. Im-ti-dam

7. 5 sila3 kaš 3 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga

8. Gu-du-a

9. 5 sila3 kaš 3 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga

10. Lu2-{d}Nanna

11. 5 sila3 kaš 3 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga

12. Bu3-ka

13. [5] sila3 kaš 3 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga

14. [U]r-{d}Šul-pa-e3

15. [5 sil]a3 kaš 3 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 [3 gin2] i3 2 gin2 naga U-bar

Rev. 1. [5? sila3 kaš 3? si]la3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga La-a-a

2. 3 sila3 kaš 2 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 3 gin2 i3 

3. 2 gin2 naga Hu-la-al 

4. 3 sila3 kaš 2 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 

5. 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga Al-lu

6. 3 sila3 kaš 2 sila3 ninda 5 gin2 šum2 

7. 3 gin2 i3 2 gin2 naga Du10-ga

8. 0.0.2 kaš 1 dida(BI.U2.SA) gen 0.0.1 5 sila3 / 0.0.1 zi3-gu sig5 0.0.3 dabin(ZI3.ŠE) 1/3 sila3 i3

9. Šu-Eš18-tar2 

10. šu-nigin2 0.0.1 2 sila3 kaš 1 dida gen 0.0.1 5 sila3

11. šu-nigin2 0.0.3? 2 sila3 ninda 0.0.1 zi3-gu / 0.0.3 [dabin] 

12. [šu-nigin2 x]+1 sila3 šum2 5/6 sila3 6 gin2 [i3]

13. [šu-nigin2 x]+2 sila3 4 gin2 naga

le.ed. ud 21-kam iti pa4-u2-e mu Si-/ma-num2{ki} ba-hul 


Transliteration by Ryan D. Winters

Transliteration Two:

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Transliteration Three:

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Registration Number: A5404

Accession Number: 487 A

Field Number: --