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Collection #: UM 3
Publ. #: SET 138
Acquired from: Purchased from E. J. Banks, 1913, for $1
Measurements (HxWxTh): 25 x 23 x 13 mm
Condition: Intact; baked. The arabic numeral 3 is written in pen on the upper edge.
Description: Receipt for two sheep
Period: Ur III, ca. 21st cen. BCE
Provenience: Umma
Date: Amar-Suen, year 6, mo. 7


Transliteration:
 
obv. 1.  
2 udu
2.  
ki A-lu5-lu5-ta
3.  
siskur2 gìr
4.  
Du-ú-du11 igi-du8
5.  
iti ezen dAmar-
lo. e.  
   dEN.ZU
rev.  
(blank space of two lines)
                                
6.  
mu a-rá 2.kam
7.  
Ša-šú-ru-umki
8.  
   ba-ul
Translation:
 
1-4.  
Two sheep,
from Alulu,
(for an) offering, (under) control of
5.  
Dudu the overseer
6-8.  
Month of the festival of Amar-Suen
Year Šašrum was
destroyed for the second
time.


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Obverse of UM 3 Right edge of UM 3
Reverse of UM 3
Lower edge of UM 3

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