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HSS 04, 004 (P110277)

Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	HSS 04, 004
ID	P110277
Museum no.	SM 1899.02.291
Collection	Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Coordinates	31.5591, 46.1776

English translation

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Line	English
obverse col 1 1	200 gur barley, royal (measure),
obverse col 1 2	the household manager;
obverse col 1 3	20 oxen managers at 20 gur each;
obverse col 1 4	100, chief accountant;
obverse col 1 5	100, chief surveyor;
obverse col 1 6	100, silo manager;
obverse col 1 7	40, scribe of plow oxen;
obverse col 1 8	40, šarabdu;
obverse col 1 9	100, manager of the worker troops;
obverse col 1 10	40, gardener;
obverse col 1 11	20, foreman of sixty runners;
obverse col 1 12	20, foreman of sixty throne bearers;
obverse col 1 13	100 less 2 plowmen at 15 each;
obverse col 1 14	(subtotal:) 2630,
obverse col 1 15	household of Ningirsu;
obverse col 1 16	140, the household manager;
obverse col 1 17	14 oxen managers at 20 gur each;
obverse col 1 18	70, chief accountant;
obverse col 1 19	70, chief surveyor;
obverse col 1 20	70, silo manager;
obverse col 1 21	28, scribe of plow oxen;
obverse col 1 22	28, šarabdu;
obverse col 1 23	70, manager of the worker troops;
obverse col 1 24	28, gardener;
obverse col 2 1	14, foreman of sixty runners;
obverse col 2 2	14, foreman of sixty throne bearers;
obverse col 2 3	70 plowmen at 15 each;
obverse col 2 4	(subtotal:) 1862,
obverse col 2 5	household of ...;
obverse col 2 6	190, the temple household manager;
obverse col 2 7	20 less 1 oxen managers at 20 each;
obverse col 2 8	95, chief accountant;
obverse col 2 9	95, chief surveyor;
obverse col 2 10	95, silo manager;
obverse col 2 11	38, šarabdu;
obverse col 2 12	95, manager of the worker troops;
obverse col 2 13	38, scribe of plow oxen;
obverse col 2 14	38, gardener;
obverse col 2 15	20 less 1, foreman of runners;
obverse col 2 16	20 less 1, foreman of throne bearers;
obverse col 2 17	95 plowmen at 15 each;
obverse col 2 18	(subtotal:) 2527,
obverse col 2 19	houshold of Ninmar;
obverse col 2 20	80, the household manager;
obverse col 2 21	8 oxen managers at 20 each;
obverse col 2 22	40, chief accountant;
obverse col 2 23	40, chief surveyor;
obverse col 2 24	40, silo manager;
obverse col 2 25	16, scribe of plow oxen;
obverse col 2 26	16, šarabdu;
obverse col 3 1	40, manager of the worker troops;
obverse col 3 2	16, gardener;
obverse col 3 3	8, foreman of runners;
obverse col 3 4	8, foreman of throne bearers;
obverse col 3 5	42 plowmen at 15 each;
obverse col 3 6	(subtotal:) 1094
obverse col 3 7	household of Ningešzida
obverse col 3 8	and household of Igalim;
obverse col 3 9	60, the household manager;
obverse col 3 10	6 oxen managers at 20 each;
obverse col 3 11	30, chief accountant;
obverse col 3 12	30, chief surveyor;
obverse col 3 13	30, silo manager;
obverse col 3 14	12, scribe of plow oxen;
obverse col 3 15	12, šarabdu;
obverse col 3 16	30, manager of the worker troops;
obverse col 3 17	12, gardener;
obverse col 3 18	6, foreman of runners;
obverse col 3 19	6, foreman of throne bearers;
obverse col 3 20	30 plowmen at 15 each;
obverse col 3 21	(subtotal:) 798,
obverse col 3 22	Lugal-sikisu;
obverse col 3 23	60, the household manager;
obverse col 3 24	6 oxen managers at 20 gur each;
obverse col 3 25	30, chief accountant;
obverse col 3 26	30, chief surveyor;
obverse col 3 27	30, silo manager;
reverse col 1 1	12, scribe of plow oxen;
reverse col 1 2	12, šarabdu;
reverse col 1 3	30, manager of the worker troops;
reverse col 1 4	12, gardener;
reverse col 1 5	6, foreman of runners;
reverse col 1 6	6, foreman of throne bearers;
reverse col 1 7	30 plowmen at 15 each;
reverse col 1 8	(subtotal:) 798,
reverse col 1 9	Ur-šugalama,
reverse col 1 10	household of Šulgi;
reverse col 1 11	40, the household manager;
reverse col 1 12	4 oxen managers at 20 each;
reverse col 1 13	20, chief accountant;
reverse col 1 14	20, chief surveyor;
reverse col 1 15	20, silo manager;
reverse col 1 16	8, scribe of plow oxen;
reverse col 1 17	8, šarabdu;
reverse col 1 18	20, manager of the worker troops;
reverse col 1 19	8, gardener;
reverse col 1 20	4, foreman of runners;
reverse col 1 21	4, foreman of throne bearers;
reverse col 1 22	20 plowmen at 15 each;
reverse col 1 23	[(subtotal:) 552,]
reverse col 1 25	household of ...;
reverse col 1 26	70, the household manager;
reverse col 1 27	7 oxen managers at 20 gur each;
reverse col 1 28	35, chief accountant;
reverse col 1 29	35, chief surveyor;
reverse col 1 30	35, silo manager;
reverse col 2 1	14, scribe of plow oxen;
reverse col 2 2	14, šarabdu;
reverse col 2 3	35, manager of the worker troops;
reverse col 2 4	14, gardener;
reverse col 2 5	7, foreman of runners;
reverse col 2 6	7, foreman of throne bearers;
reverse col 2 7	35 plowmen at 15 each;
reverse col 2 8	(subtotal:) 931,
reverse col 2 9	household of Dumuzi;
reverse col 2 10	80, the household manager;
reverse col 2 11	8 oxen managers at 20 each;
reverse col 2 12	40, chief accountant;
reverse col 2 13	40, chief surveyor;
reverse col 2 14	40, silo manager;
reverse col 2 15	16, scribe of plow oxen;
reverse col 2 16	16, šarabdu;
reverse col 2 17	40, manager of the worker troops;
reverse col 2 18	16, gardener;
reverse col 2 19	8, foreman of runners;
reverse col 2 20	8, foreman of throne bearers;
reverse col 2 21	40 plowmen at 15 each;
reverse col 2 22	(subtotal:) 1064,
reverse col 2 23	household of Namḫani;
reverse col 2 24	40, the household manager;
reverse col 2 25	4 oxen managers at 20 each;
reverse col 2 26	20, chief accountant;
reverse col 2 27	20, chief surveyor;
reverse col 2 28	20, silo manager;
reverse col 3 1	8, scribe of plow oxen;
reverse col 3 2	8, šarabdu;
reverse col 3 3	20, manager of the worker troops;
reverse col 3 4	8, gardener;
reverse col 3 5	4, foreman of runners;
reverse col 3 6	4, foreman of throne bearers;
reverse col 3 7	20 plowmen at 15 each;
reverse col 3 8	(subtotal:) 532,
reverse col 3 9	household of Uru;
reverse col 3 10	total: 3 silos, 1978 gur;
reverse col 3 11	threshed barley of temple household managers and household managers;
reverse col 3 12	month: ‟GANmaš,”
reverse col 3 13	year after: ‟Amar-Suen (is) king.”

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	3(gesz2) 2(u) sze gur lugal
2	szabra
3	2(u) nu-banda3-gu4 2(u) gur-ta
4	1(gesz2) 4(u) sza13-dub-ba
5	1(gesz2) 4(u) sa12-du5
6	1(gesz2) 4(u) ka-guru7
7	4(u)# dub-sar gu4#-apin
8	4(u)# szar2-ra-ab-du
9	1(gesz2)# 4(u)# nu-banda3 erin2-na
10	4(u)# lu2 sar-me
11	2(u)# ugula-gesz2-da kas4-me
12	2(u)# ugula-gesz2-da gu-za-la2-me
13	1(gesz2)# 4(u)# la2 2(disz) engar 1(u) 5(asz)-ta
14	($ blank space $) 4(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) gur
15	e2# {d}nin-gir2-su
16	[2(gesz2)] 2(u)# szabra
17	[1(u)] 4(disz)# nu-banda3-gu4 2(u) gur-ta
18	[1(gesz2) 1(u)] sza13-dub-ba
19	[1(gesz2) 1(u)] sa12-du5
20	[1(gesz2) 1(u)] ka-guru7
21	[2(u)] 8(disz)# dub-sar gu4-apin
22	2(u)# 8(asz)# szar2-ra-ab-du
23	[1(gesz2)] 1(u)# nu#-banda3 erin2-na
24	[2(u) 8(asz)] lu2# sar#
obverse col 2
1	1(u) 4(asz) ugula-gesz2-da# [kas4-me]
2	1(u) 4(asz) [ugula-gesz2-da gu-za-la2-me]
3	1(gesz2) 1(u) engar# 1(u)# 5(disz)#-ta
4	($ blank space $) 3(gesz'u)# 1(gesz2)# 2(asz)# gur
5	e2 {d}[...]
6	3(gesz2) 1(u) sanga#
7	2(u) la2 1(disz) nu-banda3-gu4 2(u)-ta
8	1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) sza13-dub-ba
9	1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) sa12-du5
10	1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) ka-guru7
11	3(u) 8(asz) szar2-ra-ab-du
12	1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) nu-banda3 erin2-na
13	3(u) 8(asz) dub-sar gu4-apin
14	3(u) 8(asz) lu2 sar
15	2(u) la2 1(asz) ugula kas4
16	2(u) la2 1(asz) <ugula> gu-za-la2
17	1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) engar 1(u) 5(asz)-ta
18	($ blank space $) 4(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 7(asz) gur
19	e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}
20	1(gesz2) 2(u) szabra
21	8(disz) nu-banda3-gu4 2(u)-ta
22	4(u) sza13-dub-ba
23	4(u) sa12-du5
24	4(u) ka-guru7
25	1(u) 6(asz) dub-sar gu4-apin
26	1(u) 6(asz) szar2-ra-ab-du
obverse col 3
1	[4(u) nu-banda3 erin2-na]
2	[1(u) 6(asz) lu2 sar]
3	8(asz)# [ugula kas4]
4	8(asz)# <ugula> gu-za-la2
5	4(u) 2(disz) engar 1(u) 5(asz)-ta#
6	($ blank space $) 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) [gur]
7	e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da#
8	u3 e2 {d}ig-alim
9	1(gesz2) szabra
10	6(disz) nu-banda3-gu4 2(u)-ta
11	3(u) sza13-dub-ba
12	3(u) sa12-du5
13	3(u) ka-guru7
14	1(u) 2(asz) dub-sar gu4-apin#
15	1(u) 2(asz) szar2-ra-ab-du#
16	3(u) nu-banda3 erin2-na
17	1(u) 2(asz) lu2 sar
18	6(asz) ugula kas4
19	6(asz) <ugula> gu-za-la2
20	3(u) engar 1(u) 5(asz)-ta
21	($ blank space $) 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) gur
22	lugal-siki-su3
23	1(gesz2) szabra
24	6(disz) nu-banda3-gu4 2(u)-ta
25	3(u) sza13-dub-ba
26	3(u) sa12-du5
27	3(u) ka-guru7
reverse col 1
1	1(u) 2(asz) dub-sar gu4-apin
2	1(u) 2(asz) szar2-ra-ab-du
3	3(u) nu#-banda3 erin2
4	1(u) 2(asz) lu2 sar
5	6(asz) ugula kas4
6	6(asz) <ugula> gu-za-la2
7	3(u) engar 1(u) 5(asz)-ta
8	($ blank space $) 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) gur
9	ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
10	e2 {d}szul-gi
11	4(u) szabra
12	4(disz) nu-banda3 [2(u)-ta]
13	2(u) sza13-dub-[ba]
14	2(u) sa12-[du5]
15	2(u) ka-guru7#
16	8(asz) dub-sar gu4 [apin]
17	8(asz) szar2-ra-ab-du
18	2(u) nu-banda3 erin2
19	8(asz)# lu2 sar
20	[4(asz)] ugula kas4#
21	4(asz) [<ugula> gu-za-la2]
22	2(u)# [engar 1(u) 5(asz)]-ta#
23	[($ blank space $) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) gur]
24	[...]
25	[e2 {d}...]
26	[1(gesz2) 1(u) szabra]
27	[7(disz) nu-banda3-gu4 2(u)-ta]
28	[3(u) 5(asz) sza13-dub-ba]
29	[3(u) 5(asz) sa12-du5]
30	[3(u) 5(asz) ka-guru7]
reverse col 2
1	1(u) 4(asz) dub-sar gu4-apin
2	1(u) 4(asz) szar2-ra-ab-du
3	3(u) 5(asz) nu-banda3 erin2
4	1(u) 4(asz) lu2 sar
5	7(asz) ugula kas4
6	7(asz) <ugula> gu-za-la2
7	3(u) 5(disz) engar 1(u) 5(asz)-ta
8	($ blank space $) 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) gur
9	e2 {d}dumu-zi
10	1(gesz2) 2(u) szabra
11	8(disz) nu-banda3-gu4 2(u)-ta
12	4(u) sza13-dub-ba
13	4(u) sa12-du5
14	4(u) ka-guru7
15	1(u) 6(asz) dub-sar gu4-apin
16	1(u) 6(asz) szar2-ra-ab-du
17	4(u) nu-banda3 erin2
18	1(u) 6(asz) lu2 sar
19	8(asz)# maszkim
20	[8(asz) gu]-za-la2#
21	4(u) engar 1(u) 5(asz)-ta
22	($ blank space $) 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) gur
23	e2 nam-ha-ni
24	4(u) [szabra]
25	4(disz) nu-banda3-[gu4 2(u)-ta]
26	2(u) sza13#-[dub-ba]
27	2(u) sa12#-[du5]
28	2(u) [ka-guru7]
reverse col 3
1	[8(asz) dub]-sar# gu4-apin
2	[8(asz)] szar2-ra-ab-du
3	2(u) nu-banda3 erin2
4	8(asz) lu2 sar
5	4(asz) ugula kas4
6	4(asz) <ugula> gu-za-la2
7	2(u) engar 1(u) 5(asz)-ta
8	($ blank space $) 8(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) gur
9	e2 uru11{ki}
10	szunigin 3(asz) guru7 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) gur
11	sze gesz ra sanga szabra-ne
12	iti GAN2-masz
13	mu us2-sa# [{d}amar]-{d}suen lugal#

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