BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 145 



Tablet No. 12 



An undated receipt. The form of the writing shows that 

 it comes from the perio dof the dynasty of Ur (2300-2300 B. C). 

 Size: Length 2.2 centimeters, breadth 2 centimeters. 



Translation. 

 Ob. (1)8 sheep, 



1 goat, 

 Bashag the butcher ( ?). 



Tablet No. 1 3 



An account of quantities of [....], dates, seed-corn, etc., 

 brought in by various persons. The; scribe has erased three 

 lines after having written them (namely, Obverse 1, 8, 9), and 

 the numerals and a part of the proper names in five other lines, 

 so that it is impossible to understand the account. It is dated 

 in the X+37th year of Dungi (i. e. about 2241 B. C). Baked. 

 Size: Length 7.6 centimeters, breadth 4.7 centimeters. 



Translation. 

 Ob. (1)3 sheckles L 



5 sheckles from Uremah, donr-keeper. 



[....] sheckles in payment of interest from 



Ur-dun. 



2 ha-mun from Nau. 



( 5 ) 3 sheckles from Urgishpu, bird-catcher. 



3 sheckels from Lugalmagurri. 



5 sheckles from Babila. 



[ I 2 



[ J 2 



(10) [ J 1 Azag-gu from the gal-li ?J of the 



new house. 



Rev. (1) [ ] 2 1/5 from Lugalazida, 



[.,.... ] 2 from Aradhula, 



[ ] 2 shekels minus 1/180 of a shekel 



from Xigdule, 



i. The rest of the line has been erased, likewise the space between 

 the first and second line has been written over and erased. 



2 . Erasure. 



3. gal-li is the name of a profession or occupation of which the 

 translation is unknown. 



