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Collection #: UM 7
Publ. #: SET 77
Acquired from: Probably purchased from E. J. Banks, 1913
Measurements (HxWxTh): 45 x 37 x 18 mm
Condition: Broken and mended. The arabic numeral 2 is written in pen on the lower edge.
Description: Record of disbursement of two oxen
Period: Ur III, ca. 21st cen. BCE
Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan
Date: Šu-Suen, year 6, mo. 11


Transliteration:
 
obv. 1.  
1 gu4 niga
2.  
mu kas4-e-ne-šè
3.  
1 gu4 ú      
4.  
mu lú-šuku-ra-ke4-ne-šè
5.  
é-mualdim-šè
6.  
Arad2-mu maškim
7.  
á-gi6-ba-a  
8.  
u4 27. kam
lo. e.  
(blank)
rev. 9.  
ki Du-ú-du-ta ba-[zi]
10.  
gìr Ìr-ri-šum
11.  
     šár-ra-ab-du*
12.  
iti ezen-dme-ki-gál
13.  
mu dŠu-dEN.ZU
14.  
lugal Uríki-ma
15.  
na-ru-a ma
16.  
dEn-líl dNin-líl-ra?
17.  
mu-ne-dù
**l.e. 18.  
2 gu4
Translation:
 
1-2.  
One fattened ox, on behalf of
the couriers,
3-4.  
One grass-fed ox, on behalf
of the š u k u -men
5.  
for the kitchen,
6.  
Arad-mu (is) the requisitioner,
7-8.  
(for) the midnight ceremony
of day 27,
9.  
disbursed by Dudu,
10-11.  
(under) control of Irrišum,
the š a r r a b d u (-official)
12.  
Month of the festival of Mekigal
13-17.  
Year Šu-Suen, king of
Ur, erected a great stela
for Enlil and Ninlil.
18.  
2 oxen


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Left edge of UM 7 Obverse of UM 7
Reverse of UM 7

 Right edge of UM 7

This tablet was deliberately broken in modern times, as if someone thought it was an envelope and might contain another tablet. It was subsequently glued back together, but not flawlessly.



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