[Sheep] transported by Lugal-imah the cupbearer;
1 fattened sheep, 1 suckling lamb
for the god Ishtaran:
Nuhi-ilum the bailiff.
1 suckling lamb for the god Nanna:
Erra-nada the bailiff.
(This is) the palace's sacrifice.
1 fattened billy-goat from Ili-Dagan,
a guy from Ebla.
1 fattened billy-goat...

This tablet comes from Drehem, ancient Puzrish-Dagan, a royal administrative center near the city of Nippur. Puzrish-Dagan was where folks brought livestock for state processing. This tablet is a receipt stating these royal employees provided sheep and goats as sacrifice on behalf of the palace.

These animals, first sacrificed to gods, became redistributed as food for royal personnel, guests, and significant attending workers. In addition to receiving sacrifices, Puzrish-Dagan acted as the state's IRS in that it was the institution that collected taxes for the Royal House of Ur.

While yes, technically unprovenanced, Drehem was continuously looted since the 20th century and this tablet is part of that history. The tablets housed at the WCMA come from Edgar J. Banks via a single lot donation in 1920. This artifact is nicely preserved, one of 17,000 other texts from this site.

Lastly! One of the men mentioned, Ili-Dagan, was from the city of Ebla. Ebla sat near the Mediterranean coast, 1,000 km away. He wasn't the only visiting from afar. On the tablet's reverse, a man from the city of Uršu is mentioned. Uršu is located somewhere in Turkey north of Karkemish.