Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay, Baked

Measurements: 121X72X26 MM

Description: Large, two"-column tablet inscribed with a list of sheep and goats, of varyious types and levels of quality, expended for cultic purposes. The location or occasion of the offerings is also specified, separating the expenditures into groups. The specified divine recipients of these animals include: Enlil, the throne of Enlil, the sanctuary Hursag-galama, and Aba-Enlilgin the standard of Enlil, within Enlil's temple; [...?], Nanna, Nintinuga, Ninsun, and Lugalbanda "entering into the temple of Ninlil, within Ninlil's temple; Ningagi'a, An, Enlil, within E-Da<na?>; Ninhursag and Šulpa'e, within [Ninhursag]'s temple; the Dukug ("holy mound"), Nuska, Ninurta, Inanna, and An, within Inanna's temple; Nintinuga, Annunitum, Kalkal, [...], and Bau, "on behalf of the king"; Ninurta and Ninnibru, "on behalf of the princess Geme-Enlila," "sheep of the all-shrines (festival)", Enlil, for a ritual within the palace; Utu and Lammalugal, for a Ki-Utu ritual in the "house of the seventh day," with the personal involvement of the king; for Inana of Uruk, conveyed by Ahuni the cupbearer, a nocturnal rite. The summary notation "73 sheep (and goats)" is inscribed on the left edge. The animals were expended from the account of Šulgi-ilī and conveyed by Ahanišu the šarabdu-administrator (who may also have wrote the tablet). The document is dated to day 5 of month 6 of Šū-Šîn year 7. It comes from Puzriš-Dagan.

Region: Al Qadisiyah governorate

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Drehem

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Ur III

Date: Šū-Šîn year 7

Culture: --

Dynasty: Third Dynasty of Ur

King/Ruler: Shu-Sin Year 7

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: YES

Inscription Subject: sheep and goats for cultic purposes

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse

Translation:

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Transliteration One:

Obv. 1. 1 udu niga sig5
2. 1 udu A.LUM niga sig5
3. 2 maš2 gal niga sig5
4. 1 gukkal niga 3 kam us2
5. 1 udu A.LUM niga 3-kam us2
6. 1 udu niga
7. {d}En-lil2
8. 1 udu niga 4-kam us2
9. 1 maš2 gal niga
10. {d}Gu-za-{d}En-lil2-la2
11. 1 udu niga 4-kam-us2
12. 1 maš2-gal niga
13. Hur-sag-ga-lam-ma
14. 1 udu niga
15. {d}A-ba-{d}En-lil2-gen7 / šu-nir {d}En-lil2-la2
16. ša3 e2 {d}En-lil2-la2
17. 1 udu niga sig5
18. 1 gukkal niga sig5
19. 1 udu A.LUM niga 3-kam us2
20. 1 gukkal 3 kam-us2
21. 1 maš2-gal niga 3-kam us2
22. 1 maš2-gal niga 4-kam us2
23. 3 udu niga
col. ii. 1. [...]
2. 1 u[du? ...]
3. 1 udu niga 4-k[am us2]
4. 1 udu n[iga]
5. {d}Nanna
6. 2 udu niga
7. {d}Nin-tin-ug5-ga
8. 1 udu niga {d}Nin-sun2
9. 1 udu niga
10. {d}Lugal-ban3-da
11. e2 {d}Nin-lil2-la2-še3 ku4-ra (KU4 = KWU 636)
12. ša3 e2 {d}Nin-lil2-la2
13. 1 udu niga 4 kam-us2
14. {d}Nin-ga2-gi4-a
(cont.)

Transliteration Two:

15. 1 udu niga sig5 us2
16. An 
17. 1 udu niga sig5 us2
18. {d}En-lil2
19. 1 udu niga 3-kam us2
20. {d}Nin-lil2
21. ša3 E2-da-<na?>
22. 1 udu niga 4-kam us2
23. 2 udu ni[ga]
24. {d}Nin-hur-sa[g]
25. 1 udu [niga]
26. {d}Šul-pa-#e3(UD.[DU])
Rev. col. i 
1. ša3 e2 {d}[Nin-hur-sag (?)] 
2. 2 udu [...]
3. 2 udu niga [...]
4. 2 maš2-g[al ...]
5. du6-k[u3]
6. 1 udu niga {d}Iš[aran] (=KA.[DI])
7. 1 udu niga 4-kam us2
8. 1 udu niga
9. {d}Nuska
10. 1 udu niga sig5 us2
11. 1 udu niga 4-kam us2
12. {d}Nin-urta
13. 1 udu niga 3-kam us2
14. 1 udu niga 4 kam us2
15. {d}Inanna
16. 1 udu niga 4-kam us2
17. 1 udu niga
18. An 
19. ša3 e2 {d}Inanna
20. 1 udu niga 4-kam us2
21. 1 udu niga
22. {d}Nin-tin-ug5-ga
23. 1 udu niga An-nu-ni-tum
24. 1 udu niga {d}Kal-kal 
25. 1 udu #niga [...]
26. 1 [...]
(1 or 2 lines missing)
(cont.)

Transliteration Three:

Rev ii. 1 udu niga gu4-e us2-sa
2. {d}Ba-u2
3. mu lugal-še3
4. 1 udu niga {d}Nin-urta
5. 1 udu niga gu4-e us2-sa
6. {d}Nin-nibru{ki}
7. mu Geme2-{d}En-lil2-la2 / dumu-munus lugal-še3
8. udu eš3-eš3-kam
9. 1 udu {d}En-lil2
10. sizkur2 ša3 e2-gal
11. 2 udu niga 3 kam-us2
12. 2 udu niga 4 kam-us2
13. 4 udu niga
14. {d}Utu
15. 1 udu niga {d}Lamma-lugal
16. sizkur2 ki-{d}Utu e2-ud-7
17. lugal ku4-ra (KU4 = KWU 636)
18. 2 udu niga {d}Inanna Unug{ki}-še3
19. giri3 A-hu-ni sagi
20. a2-gi6-ba-a
21. ud 5-kam
22. ki {d}Šul-gi-i3-li2-ta
23. ba-zi
24. giri3 A-ha-ni-šu šar2-ra-/ab-du
25. iti ezem {d}Nin-a-zu
26. mu {d]Šu-{d}Su[en] / lugal Uri5{ki}-m[a-ke4] / ma-da Za-ab-ša-li-[KI] / mu-[hul]
le.ed. 73 udu

Transliteration by Ryan D. Winters

Registration Number: A4647

Accession Number: 487 A

Field Number: --