Cuneiform Collection – SMM 2

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Museum #:	SMM 14/19 (14/2)	Period:	Ur III Dynasty
Publ. #:	SET 143	Date:	Amar-Suen, year 5; ca. 21st century BCE
Acquired from:	C. Ames, 1915	Provenience:	Umma (Jokha), Iraq Sumer-Southern Mesopotamia
Measurements:	H 48, W 39, Th 19 mm	Culture:	Sumerian
Description:	Cuneiform tablet; account of small cattle	Language:	Sumerian

Transliteration:	Translation:
1. 1 udu Lú-kal-la	1. One sheep, Lukalla
2. 1 udu Ur-^dŠára	2. One sheep, Ur-Shara
3. 1 udu Ur-giš	3. One sheep, Ur-gish
4. 1 udu u-un-ša₆-mu	4. One sheep, Hunshamu
5. 1 udu Ur-ru	5. One sheep, Urru
6. 1 udu Nì-du₁₀-ga-mu	6. One sheep, Nidugamu
7. 1 udu	7. One sheep,
8. 1 ùz lo. e. (blank)	8. one goat,
rev. 9. udu didli tir-íd-gal- la-ta	9. individual sheep from the Forest of the Great Canal
10. 1 udu Lugal-á-zi- da gudu₄	10. One sheep, Lugal-azida, the anointing-priest
11. 1 udu Ur-TAR.LU tir (blank line)	11. One sheep, Ur-TAR.LU, the forester
12. šu-nigin 9 udu bar-su-ga	12. Total: 9 sheep, fleece plucked
13. šu-nigin 1 ùz	13. Total: 1 goat
14. udu ú dab₅-ba	14. Grazing sheep, captured
15. mu En-unu₆-gal ^dInnin ba-un	15. Year Enunugal(anna) was installed (as en-priest of) Inanna (of Uruk)