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Publication
Primary publication: Nisaba 15, 1120
Author: Owen, David I.
Publication date: 2013
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CDLI no.: P454238
UCLA Library ARK 21198/z18s5tkr
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20130919 cdliadmin
Transliteration: Owen, David I.
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Collection Information
Owner: private: anonymous, unlocated
Museum no.: Anonymous 454238
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Genre: Administrative
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Language: Sumerian
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Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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Date of Origin: 00.00.05.00
Dates referenced: 00.00.05.00
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Tablet

obverse
1. 3(u) ma-na siki-gi
2. ku3-bi 4(disz) gin2
# calculation: 30 ÷ 4 = 7.5 mana per shekel
3. 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz du10-ga
4. ku3-bi igi-6(disz)-gal2 6(disz) sze
# calculation: 1 ÷ 36/180 = 5 sila3 per shekel
5. 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
6. ku3-bi i3!? 1(u) la2 1(disz)?-kam?
#tr.en: its silver: oil of the sort 10 - 1 (?) (sila3 per shekel)
# highly speculative ; edition has ... 3 igi sze; Cripps suggests “its silver: 3 reciprocal grains”

reverse
1. ku3-bi 2(u)
# calculation: 1 ÷ 20/180 = 9 sila3 per shekel
$ blank space
2. lu2-gu-la
3. 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz du10-ga
4. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2
# calculation: 5 ÷ 1 = 5 sila3 per shekel
5. inim lu2-gu-la
6. da-a-a
7. szu ba-ti
8. 2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz du10-ga 1(u) 1(disz)-kam?
#tr.en: 2 sila3 fine plant oil (of the sort) 11 (?) (sila3 per shekel)
# calculation: 2 ÷ (∼34)/180 ≈ 11 sila3 per shekel
# highly speculative; edition has ... 1(u) 1(disz) sze

left
1. szunigin 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3
# calculation: 4 + 36/180 + 20/180 + 1 + 34/180 = 5 90/180
2. ki lu2-{d}szara2 dam-gar3-ta
3. lu2-du10-ga
4. szu ba-ti
5. iti dal

seal 1
$ illegible