140 THE BABYLONIAN TABLETS 



Tablet No. 8 



Concerning two boats whose tonnage is 20 gur, its rent 30 

 qa for six days. There are some twenty-three impressions of the 

 notary's seal, which almost obliterate the writing. The seated 

 figure of a god is partially discernable. The inscription on the 

 seal reads : Kuli, scribe, son of Urkiagmu. The tablet is dated 

 in the X-)-40th year of the reign of Dungi (about 2240 B. C). 

 Baked. Size : length 5.6 centimeters, breadth 4.5 centimeters. 



Translation. 



Ob. ( 1 ) 2 boats of 20 gur 



boats whose presence ( ?) is ni-ib and 



whose rent is 30 (qa) 

 '■':■■ for 6 days, 



( 5 ) (payable) to Lugalazagzu 



(going to) the city of Ur. 



Rev. ( 1 ) shu-bi-qa 



esh-ib-in-sn and 

 kir of palm, 

 branches of cedar 

 md-pal-shu-ag (?). 

 Vised by Ur~Ezinu 

 seal of Namshatam. 



The year when the city of Shashru was de- 

 vastated. 



Tablet No. 9 



The obverse has been written and then entirely erased. The 

 reverse is almost unintelligible owing to the erasure of the obverse 

 and because it has been made almost illegible by the seal of the 

 riotary having been run over the entire surface. The seal repre- 

 sents a god seated on a throne, before whom is a crescent. The 

 figure of the worshipper is out of position because two seal im- 

 pressions have been run together. It reads : Shaningish, scribe, 

 son of Lugalla. 



The account is in regard to the wages of laborers for work- 

 ing oil a certain quantity of land. It is dated in the 7th year of 

 the reign of Gimil-Sin, King of Ur (about 2203 B. C). Baked. 

 Size : length 9 centimeters, breadth 8.1 centimeters. 



