Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay, Baked

Measurements: 42 x 39 mm

Description: Tablet inscribed on both sides with a receipt. Though the obverse of the tablet is poorly and only partially preserved, enough is legible of the typical formula (ki PN...[i3]-dab5) to identify it as a receipt for something listed in line 1 and 2 goats, listed in line 2. It is dated to the fourth day of the 2nd month of year 2 of Ibbi-Sin's reign. The tablet is sealed on the upper part of the reverse and on the upper edge, and fingerprint impressions are visible on the right-side of the lower edge.

Region: Al Qadisiyah governorate

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Nippur

Place/other: --

Locus: TB 201 IV 1 fill

Period: Ur III

Date: --

Culture: Mesopotamian

Dynasty: Third Dynasty of Ur

King/Ruler: Ibbi-Sin Year 2

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: The tablet contains five lines on the obverse, which contain the record of the transaction, and four lines on the reverse containing the date.

Inscription Subject: Receipt

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse

Translation:

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Transliteration One:

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Transliteration Two:

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Transliteration Three:

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Registration Number: A30025

Accession Number: 3275

Field Number: 2NT-614