148 THE BABYLONIAN TABLETS 



l 1 /^ mana 1 2/3 shekel of light-colored 



A-fHAj from Akalla, 

 ( 5 ) charged to Akalla, overseer 2 . 



9 shekels minus 1/12 of a shekel of light-col- 

 ored dates, 



Sy 2 shekels plus 1/36 of a shekel of light- 

 colored seed-corn, 



charged to Akalla, the son of Lugal-X 3 -e, 

 The year when the temple (named) Ebashaish- 



Dagan 4 was built. 



Tablet No. 14 



This is what is called a case-tablet, i. e. a tablet which is in 

 a clay case or envelope. These tablets are recognized as case- 

 tablets by their size and shape, or by the rattling of the inside tab- 

 let which can sometimes be heard if the tablet is shaken gently. 

 The case has been securely sealed, having two seal impressions on 

 both the obverse and the reverse, and one impression on each 

 of the four sides. The seal impression is too faint to be read, 

 but a god seated on a throne into whose presence a worshipper 

 is being led by another god or goddess (?) is faintly discernible. 

 In all probability it is the seal of Dugri. The tablet is unbaked, 

 and so much of the date is broken that the year cannot be de- 

 termined exactly. It comes from the period of the dynasty of 

 Ur (300-2200 B. C). Size: Length 5 centimeters, breadth 5.5 

 centimeters. 



Translation. 

 Ob. Seal of Dugri. 



2 gur of barley to qa 80 

 (brought in) by Daaga 



Rev. on behalf of Urnigingar, 

 Dugri has received (it). 

 • The year that the city of [ ] was devas- 

 tated. 



1. meaning of this sign is unknown. It is listed in Thureau Dan- 

 cings Recherches sur Vecriture cuneiform, No. 471. 



2 . The term applies to overseers of various kinds, often, as here, to 

 an officer for collecting dues. 



3 . This sign has not yet been identified. See Scheil, Recueil de 

 Signes, No. 63. 



4 . This god Dagan is identical with the Philistine god Dagan (see 

 I Samuel 5.9-5). 



