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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 Urí^ki-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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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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222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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