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TCL 05, 5668 (P131739)

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

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Designation	TCL 05, 5668
ID	P131739
Museum no.	AO 05668
Collection	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Coordinates	31.6669, 45.8861

English translation

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Line	English
obverse col 1 1	184 gur, 4 barig 4 ban2 barley (measured according to the royal standard),
obverse col 1 2	35 gur emmer,
obverse col 1 3	16 gur, 1 barig 5 ban2 wheat,
obverse col 1 4	from ARAD;
obverse col 1 5	3 gur barley,
obverse col 1 6	deficit restored by Bida;
obverse col 1 7	total, barley involved: 255 gur, 3 barig 2 ban2;
obverse col 1 8	36 female laborers, (at) 3 ban2 (per month),
obverse col 1 9	from month “First-offering,” (month 4)
obverse col 1 10	year “Harši and Kimaš were destroyed,”
obverse col 1 11	to month “Dumuzi” (month 12), the completed day 20,
obverse col 1 12	labor involved: 9360 (workdays);
obverse col 2 1	it is the debit;
obverse col 2 2	Therefrom:
obverse col 2 3	1560 female laborer workdays,
obverse col 2 4	labor of the female laborers, “free” days;
obverse col 2 5	165 gur, 4 barig 4 sila3 dabin flour
obverse col 2 6	1 gur, 1 barig 4 ban2 7 sila3 dabin flour
obverse col 2 7	for the loss (?) into the household filled;
obverse col 2 8	16 gur, 4 ban2 rough ground flour,
obverse col 2 9	17 gur, 4 barig 5 sila3 “pounded” flour,
obverse col 2 10	3 gur, 1 barig 9 sila3 barley,
obverse col 2 11	labor involved: 6033 1/2 female laborer workdays,
obverse col 2 12	under seal of Lu-dingira;
obverse col 2 13	22 1/2 sar of soil,
obverse col 2 14	per “hoe” 10 (volume-)shekels (per day),
obverse col 2 15	labor involved: 270 days;
obverse col 2 16	under seal of Ur-Namnunka;
obverse col 2 17	283 female laborer workdays,
obverse col 2 18	female laborers who lifted barley,
obverse col 2 19	sealed tablets involved: 3,
obverse col 2 20	under seal of ARAD;
reverse col 1 1	20 female laborer workdays,
reverse col 1 2	straw carried
reverse col 1 3	to the house of Šulgi,
reverse col 1 4	under seal of Akalla, the nubanda;
reverse col 1 5	234 female laborer workdays,
reverse col 1 6	female laborers for arzana-flour,
reverse col 1 7	under seal of Lugal-nig-lagare;
reverse col 2 1	total: 167 gur, 5 ban2 1 sila3 flour,
reverse col 2 2	total: 33 gur, 4 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3 sig-flour
reverse col 2 3	total: 3 gur, 1 barig 9 sila3 barley
reverse col 2 4	barley involved: 238 gur, 1 barig 3 ban2
reverse col 2 5	total: 8400 1/2 female laborer workdays
reverse col 2 6	booked out;
reverse col 2 7	the deficit: 17 gur, 1 barig 5 ban2 barley,
reverse col 2 8	960 minus 1/2 female laborer workdays,
reverse col 2 9	are the deficit;
reverse col 2 10	account of
reverse col 2 11	Dingira,
reverse col 2 12	labor of the female laborers;
reverse col 2 13	Month: “Dumuzi” (month 12),
reverse col 2 14	year: “Harši and Kimaš were destroyed.”

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	3(gesz2) 4(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur lugal
2	3(u) 5(asz) ziz2 gur
3	1(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gig gur
4	ki ARAD2-ta
5	3(asz) sze gur
6	la2-ia3 su-ga bi2-da
7	szunigin sze-bi 4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
8	3(u) 6(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
9	iti nesag
10	mu ha-ar-<szi> ki-masz{ki} ba-hul-ta
11	iti {d}dumu-zi u4 2(u)-am3 zal-la-asz
12	a2-bi 2(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 6(gesz2)-kam
obverse col 2
1	sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
2	sza3-bi-ta
3	2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
4	a2 geme2 u4-du8-a
5	2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 4(disz) sila3 dabin gur
6	1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 dabin gur
7	bi2-gu7-sze3 e2-a si-ga
8	1(u) 6(asz) 4(ban2) zi3 sig15 gur
9	1(u) 7(asz)! 4(barig) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 gazx(KUM) gur
10	3(asz) 1(barig) 9(disz) sila3 sze gur
11	a2-bi 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
12	kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra
13	2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar sahar
14	al-e 1(u) gin2-ta
15	a2-bi u4 4(gesz2) 3(u)-kam
16	kiszib3 ur-{d}nam2-nun-ka
17	4(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
18	geme2 sze zi-ga
19	kiszib3-bi 3(disz)-am3
20	kiszib3 ARAD2
reverse col 1
1	2(u) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
2	in-u ga6-ga2
3	e2 {d}szul-gi-ra-sze3
4	kiszib3 a-kal-la nu-banda3
5	3(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
6	geme2 ar-za-na-sze3
7	kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e
reverse col 2
1	szunigin 2(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) 5(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 dabin gur
2	szunigin 3(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
3	szunigin 3(asz) 1(barig) 9(disz) sila3 sze gur
4	sze-bi 3(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
5	szunigin 2(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 1/2(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
6	zi-ga-am3
7	la2-ia3 1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
8	1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) la2 1/2(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
9	la2-ia3-am3
10	nig2-ka9-ak
11	dingir-ra-ka
12	a2 geme2-ka
13	iti {d}dumu-zi
14	mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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