Primary Publication: Schneider, Nikolaus (1930) OrSP 47-49 505
Collection: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum no.: VAT 07081
Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: --.--.00.00
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
1a1a. 2(u) 5(disz)
en: 25,
1a1b. 2(u)
en: 20,
(calculation: 25 × 20 (ninda) = 500 sar = 5 iku)
1a2a. 1(gesz2) 4(u)
en: 100,
1a2b. 2(u)
en: 20,
1a2c. 1(bur3) 2(iku)
en: 1 bur3 2 iku,
calculation : 100 × 20 (ninda) = 2000 sar = 20 iku
1b1a1. 1(gesz2) 4(u)
en: 100,
1b1a2. 3(gesz2)
en: 180,
1b1b1. 1(gesz2) 4(u)
en: 100,
1b1b2. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz)
en: 85,
1b1c. 8(bur3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku)
en: 8 bur3 4 3/4 iku,
calculation: ((100(+25) + 180) ÷ 2) × ((100(+20) + 85) ÷ 2) (ninda) = 15631.25 (- 500 [1a1] =) 15131.25 = sar ≈ 8 bur3 7 1/4 iku (text: 8b 4 3/4i [see the detail line art linked to this page with a reconstruction proposal by D. Mansfield])
reverse
1.a. 2(u) 5(disz) ninda sag [x?]
en: 25 ninda, the head ...,
1.b. [n] 3(disz) us2#? [x?]
en: n + 3 (ninda), the side(?) ...,
2. 4(disz) gurusz-bi? [x?]
en: 4 its workmen(?) ...,
3. 2(u) ninda# sag
en: 20 ninda, the head,
4. 1(gesz2) 4(u) us2
en: 100 (ninda), the side ...,
5. 1(disz) gurusz
en: 1 workman(?);
6. a-sza3 du3-igi-iri-u-ta
en: the field Du’igi’iri’uta.
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