Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Square shaped clay tablet with cuneiform writing. The tablet is inscribed on both sides with text written in the Sumerian language. The tablet is an Ur III administrative document from the reign of Shulgi of Ur, recording the receipt of barley. The calendrical system suggests that the text is from Umma (modern Tell Jokha) and is dated to the 3rd month (Umma calendar) of the 44th year of Shulgi's reign. There are multiple seal impressions of the scribe over the text on the obverse and upper part of reverse surfaces. Text reads: 2 (barig) dabin / ki Lugal-šu:nir-ta / kišib A-ra2-mu / iti še-kar-a-gal2-la / mu Lu-lu-bum2 / Si-mu-ru-um / ba-hul Seal: Ur-{d}Suen / dub-sar / dumu ur-gigir Two measures of barley (received) from Lugal-shunir; seal of Aramu; month of Šekarragalla, the year Lullubum and Simurum were destroyed; Seal impression: Ur-Suen the scribe, son of Ur-Gigir.