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Publication
Primary publication: UKCT 03
Author: Howard, J. Caleb
Publication date: nd
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CDLI no.: P464332
UCLA Library ARK 21198/z1vh6tnj
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20140514 cdliadmin
Transliteration: Howard, J. Caleb
Translation: no translation
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Collection Information
Owner: Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Museum no.: MS Q4:05
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Acquisition history: 11 text artifacts in all; bought from Edgar J. Banks, ca. 1915; 1 tablet from the estate of Kate I. Hansen, received 1969

Text Content:
Genre: Administrative
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Measurements (mm): x x
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Seal no.: S004003.3
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Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology:
Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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Date of Origin: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
Dates referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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Tablet

obverse
1. 1(esze3) gan2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)#
#tr.en: 1 esze3 (which is worked with) a breaking-plow
2. 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
#tr.en: (at) ¾ iku (per day, and) harrowed 3 times at 4½ iku per (day):
3. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 4(u) 8(disz)-kam
#tr.en: its laborers’ work is 48 days.
4. 2(esze3) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
#tr.en: 2 eše3 (which is) harrowed 2 times at 4½ iku per (day):
5. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam
#tr.en: its laborers’ work is 24 days.
6. a-sza3 gi-apin-ku5-_ra2!#
#tr.en: Field: Gi-apin-kudra

reverse
1. ugula lugal-_ku3-zu#
#tr.en: Overseer: Lugal-kuzu
2. kiszib3 nu-ur2-{d}iszkur
#tr.en: Seal: Nur-Adad.
3. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-TU
#tr.en: Year: “The Martu wall was built”.

seal 1
1. nu-ur2-{d}iszkur
#tr.en: Nur-Adad,
2. dub-sar
#tr.en: scribe,
3. dumu a-hu-du10
#tr.en: son of Ahu-tab