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Collection #: UM 12
Publ. #: SET 118
Acquired from: Unknown
Measurements (HxWxTh): 40 x 37 x 17 mm
Condition: Mostly intact; baked; black.
Description: Receipt for victuals
Period: Ur III, ca. 21st cen. BCE
Provenience: Umma
Date: Šu-Suen, year 2, mo. 7


Transliteration:
 
obv. 1.  
[…]xdug-nì 1 sìla3
2.  
[ki]n?-gi4-a
3.  
ki Lú-dNin-šubur-
                  ta    
4.  
Lugal-iti-da
lo.e.  
(blank)
rev. 5.  
šu-ba-ti
6.  
kišib-nu-ra x a
7.  
iti min-èš mu
8.  
má dEn-ki ba-ab-
                  du8
Translation:
 
1-5.  
[…]…flask of one sìla (capacity)
[mes]senger?
from Lu-Ninšubur
Lugal-iti-da received.
6.  
Not sealed.
7-8.  
Month of the two
sanctuaries; year the boat
of Enki was caulked.


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