Stele of Ushumgal in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008

Stele of Ushumgal
Alabaster (gypsum)
Southern Mesopotamia, probably Umma
Early Dynastic I-II, 2900-2600 BC

Accession # 58.29

The Sumerian inscription records a transaction by the priest Ushumgal, involving three fields, three houses, and some livestock. Because of the archaic script, it is not clear whether he is buying, selling, or granting them. The transaction involving fields is inscribed between the figures on all sides.

[The stele's sides show] 1) Shara-igizi-Abzu, daugther of Ushumgal the ESH.A
2) IGI.RU.NUN, the ESH.A, daughter of Mesi, the pab-shesh priest of the temple of Enun
3) Ag, chief of the assembly of Nanna, foreman of the assembly X.KU.EN, chief herald
4) [side shown in the photo] Ushumgal the pab-shesh priest of Shara.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.