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Obverse / Reverse (lines numbered sequentially; the source gives no side markers) 1. Deficit: 33 gur 3 barig of barley, 2. 1 jar less 2 sila of oil, 3. 5 gur 1 barig 2 ban[?] of ...... dried fish, 4. 3 gur 1 barig 5 ban less 1 sila, gur-measure, of salt: 5. barley rations (for) 28 men, Zaturtur(-people). 6. Deficit[?] ... 7. of[?] 3 years. 8. (In the) city of Umma 9. it is (still) outstanding. 10. They 11. brought (it) in. 12. 3 years, 11 months.
Economy
Obverse / Reverse (the sides are not marked in the transliteration) 1. 50 minas of copper minus 7 shekels, crude (nig2-sahar-ra) copper; 2. it is copper of the land registrar (sa12-du5). 3. Adda, son of Lugal-nigbire, weighed (it) out; 4. Amar-gir (was) its commissioner. 5. 20 minas minus 2(?) minas of crude copper; 6. [...] shekels, silver(?), A-edin, the land registrar [...]; 7. E-edine (was) its commissioner. 8. 5(?) minas of crude [copper(?)]: it is of the land registrar. 9. Dudu, the [chief] smith, weighed (it) out. 10. [Total]: 33 minas 13 shekels of crude copper. 11. Dada, the [scribe],…