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UET 9, 0882 (P139012)

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

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Designation	UET 9, 0882
ID	P139012
Museum no.	IM — ?
Collection	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Coordinates	30.9607, 46.1063

English translation

By Cripps, Eric · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

Line	English
obverse col 1 1	1 mina silver,
obverse col 1 2	25 gur 4 barig 4 ban2 6 sila3 sesame oil,
obverse col 1 3	of 1 shekel: 2 1/2 sila3 each;
obverse col 1 4	2 gur dates
obverse col 1 5	of 1 shekel: 2 ban2 each;
obverse col 1 6	2 gur 4 barig of dates
obverse col 1 7	of 1 shekel: 1 ban2 5 sila3 each;
obverse col 1 8	its silver: 53 1/3 minas 1/3 (shekel) 12 grains,
obverse col 1 9	total: 54 1/3 minas 1/3 shekel 12 grains of silver;
obverse col 1 10	therefrom:
obverse col 1 11	5 rams, 5 billy goats,
obverse col 1 12	14 shekels each,
obverse col 1 13	month “Gazelle-Feast;”
obverse col 1 14	15 rams, 4 billy goats, 14 shekels each,
obverse col 1 15	month “ubi-Feast;”
obverse col 1 16	8 rams, 6 billy goats, 14 shekels each
obverse col 1 17	month “kisiki-Ninazu;”
obverse col 1 18	10 rams, 10 billy goats, 14 shekels each,
obverse col 1 19	month “Festival-of-Ninazu;”
obverse col 1 20	29 rams, 2 lambs, 5 billy goats,
obverse col 1 21	17 shekels each,
obverse col 1 22	month “Akitu;”
obverse col 1 23	22 rams, 9 billy goats, 1/3 mina each,
obverse col 1 24	month “Festival-of-Šulgi;”
obverse col 1 25	17 rams, 12 billy goats, 1/3 mina, 5 shekels each,
obverse col 2 1	month “šu’ešša;”
obverse col 2 2	35 rams, 8 billy goats, 1/2 mina each
obverse col 2 3	month “Great-Festival;”
obverse col 2 4	total: 202 rams, billy goats, mixed,
obverse col 2 5	total, the silver: 1 talent 8 2/3 minas 9 shekels;
obverse col 2 6	1 mina silver, nose rings for oxen,
obverse col 2 7	for the festivals Akitu & Sowing;
obverse col 2 8	surplus: 14 1/3 minas 8 2/3 shekels 12 grains silver,
obverse col 2 9	Ur-Bagara;
obverse col 2 10	1 mina silver
obverse col 2 11	11 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 9 sila3 sesame oil
obverse col 2 12	2 gur dates, 2 ban2 each,
obverse col 2 13	1 gur 4 barig dates, 15 sila3 each,
obverse col 2 14	the silver: 24 1/2 minas 7 1/2 shekels, 18 grains,
obverse col 2 15	total: 25 1/2 minas 7 1/2 shekels, 18 grains;
obverse col 2 16	therefrom:
obverse col 2 17	7 rams, 2 billy goat, 14 shekels each,
obverse col 2 18	month “Gazelle-Feast;”
obverse col 2 19	15 rams, 4 billy goats, 14 shekels each,
obverse col 2 20	month “ubi-Feast;”
obverse col 2 21	2 rams, 3 billy goats, 14 shekels each,
obverse col 2 22	month “kisiki-Ninazu;”
obverse col 2 23	6 rams, 5 billy goats, 14 shekels each,
obverse col 2 24	Nanna-dalla took in possession;
obverse col 2 25	1 lamb,14 shekels,
obverse col 2 26	in the palace delivered,
obverse col 3 1	via Nur-[...]
obverse col 3 2	n+1 rams, 14 shekels each,
obverse col 3 3	under seal of Šu-Ea, chief minister,
obverse col 3 4	month “Festival-of-Ninazu”
obverse col 3 5	2 rams, 8 billy goats, 17 shekels each,
obverse col 3 6	month “Akitu;”
obverse col 3 7	11 rams, 1 billy goat, 20 shekels each,
obverse col 3 8	month “Festival-of-Šulgi”
obverse col 3 9	12+ rams, n billy goats, 25 shekels each,
obverse col 3 10	month “šu’ešša;”
obverse col 3 11	n rams, 1 lamb, 2 billy goats, 1/2 mana each,
obverse col 3 12	month “Great-Festival;”
obverse col 3 13	total: 152 rams, billy goats, mixed;
obverse col 3 14	total, the silver: 28 ...
obverse col 3 15	1 mina silver, nose ring for oxen,
obverse col 3 16	deficit(?): 3 1/2 minas n shekels silver,
obverse col 3 17	for “Boat-of-Heaven;”
obverse col 3 18	1 mina of silver,
obverse col 3 19	11 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 9 sila3 of sesame oil,
obverse col 3 20	2 gur dates, 2 ban2 each,
obverse col 3 21	1 gur 4 barig dates, 15 sila3 each,
obverse col 3 22	the silver: 24 1/2 minas 7 1/2 shekels 18 grains;
obverse col 3 23	total: 25 1/2 minas 7 1/2 shekels 18 grains of silver;
obverse col 3 24	therefrom:
obverse col 3 25	5 ...
obverse col 4 3	n [...]
obverse col 4 4	month “kisiki-Ninazu;”
obverse col 4 5	14 rams, 2+ billy goats, 14 shekels each,
obverse col 4 6	month “Festival-of-Ninazu”
obverse col 4 7	11 rams, n billy goats, 17 shekels each,
obverse col 4 8	month “Akitu;”
obverse col 4 9	n+2 rams, n billy goats, 20 shekels each,
obverse col 4 10	month the “Festival-of-Šulgi;”
obverse col 4 11	8 rams, 3+ billy goats, 25 shekels each,
obverse col 4 12	month “šu’ešša;”
obverse col 4 13	6 rams, 4 billy goats, 1/2 mina each,
reverse col 4 1	deliveries
reverse col 4 2	the deficit(?): 33 1/2 minas n+1/6 shekels n grains of silver;
reverse col 4 3	account
reverse col 4 4	of the merchants
reverse col 4 5	from month “Gazelle-Feast”
reverse col 4 6	to the month “Great-Festival;” its months: 9;
reverse col 4 7	year following “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, at Nippur, Ur, the great walls built.”

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
2	2(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 i3-gesz gur
3	1(disz) gin2-a 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta
4	2(asz) zu2-lum gur
5	1(disz) gin2-a 2(ban2)-ta
6	2(asz)# 4(barig) zu2-lum gur
7	[1(disz)] gin2-a [1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3]-ta
8	ku3-bi 5(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 2(disz) sze
9	szunigin 5(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 2(disz) sze ku3-babbar
10	sza3-bi-ta
11	5(disz) udu 5(disz) masz2
12	1(u) 4(disz) gin2-ta
13	iti masz-ku3-gu7
14	1(u) 5(disz) udu 4(disz) masz2 1(u) 4(disz) gin2-ta
15	iti u5-bi2{muszen}-gu7
16	8(disz) udu 6(disz) masz2 1(u) 4(disz) gin2-ta
17	iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
18	1(u) udu 1(u) masz2 1(u)# 4(disz)# gin2-ta
19	iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
20	3(u) la2 1(disz) udu 2(disz) sila4 5(disz) masz2
21	1(u) 7(disz) gin2-ta
22	iti a2-ki-ti
23	2(u) 2(disz) udu 1(u) la2 1(disz) masz2 1/3(disz) ma-na-ta
24	iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
25	1(u) 7(disz) udu 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2-ta
obverse col 2
1	iti szu-esz5-[sza]
2	3(u) 5(disz) udu 8(disz) masz2 1/2(disz) ma#-na#-ta
3	iti ezem-mah
4	szunigin 3(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
5	szunigin ku3-bi 1(asz) gu2 8(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 9(disz) gin2
6	1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar har giri17 gu4#
7	ezem a2-ki-ti szu-numun-na-sze3
8	diri! 1(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2 2/3(\|NINDA2x(SZE.2(ASZ))\|)# 1(u) 2(disz) sze ku3
9	ur-[ba]-gara2
10	[1(disz)] ma#-na# [ku3]-babbar#
11	1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
12	2(asz) zu2-lum gur 2(ban2)-ta
13	1(asz) 4(barig) zu2-lum gur 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
14	ku3-bi 2(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz) [sze]
15	szunigin 2(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz) sze
16	sza3-bi-ta
17	7(disz) udu# 2(disz) masz2 1(u) 4(disz) gin2-ta
18	iti masz-ku3-gu7
19	1(u) 5(disz) udu 4(disz) masz2 1(u) 4(disz) gin2-ta
20	iti u5-bi2{muszen}-gu7
21	2(disz) udu 3(disz) masz2 1(u)# 4(disz)# gin2-ta
22	iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
23	6(disz) udu 5(disz) masz2 1(u) 4(disz) gin2-ta
24	{d}nanna-dalla i3-dab5
25	1(disz) sila4 1(u) 4(disz) gin2
26	e2-gal-la# kux(KWU636)#-[ra]
obverse col 3
1	giri3 nu-ur2!-[...]
2	[n] 1(disz) udu 1(u) 4(disz) gin2-[ta]
3	kiszib3 szu-e2-a sukkal-mah
4	iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
5	2(disz) udu 8(disz) masz2 1(u) 7(disz) gin2-ta
6	iti a2-ki-ti
7	1(u) 1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2 1/3(disz) ma-na-ta
8	iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
9	1(u) 2(disz) [n udu n masz2 1/3(disz) ma-na] 5(disz)# gin2#-ta#
10	iti# szu-esz5-sza
11	[n] udu 1(disz) sila4 2(disz) masz2 1/2(disz) ma-na-ta
12	iti ezem-mah
13	szunigin 2(gesz2)# 3(u) 2(disz) udu masz2 [hi-a]
14	szunigin ku3-bi 2(u) 8(disz)# [...]
15	1(disz) ma-na ku3-[babbar har giri17 gu4]
16	[la2-ia3?] 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-[na n gin2 ku3-babbar]
17	ma2 an-[na-sze3]
18	[1(disz)] ma-na [ku3-babbar]
19	1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 i3-[gesz gur]
20	2(asz) zu2-lum gur 2(ban2)-[ta]
21	1(asz) 4(barig) zu2-lum gur 1(ban2) [5(disz) sila3-ta]
22	ku3-bi 2(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma#-[na] 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz)# [sze]
23	szunigin 2(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-[na 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz) sze ku3-babbar]
24	sza3-bi-[ta]
25	5(disz) [...]
26	[...]
obverse col 4
1	[...]
2	[...]
3	n [...]
4	iti ki-[siki-{d}nin-a-zu]
5	1(u) 4(disz) udu 2(disz) [n masz2 ... 1(u) 4(disz) gin2-ta]
6	iti ezem-[{d}nin-a-zu]
7	1(u) 1(disz) udu [n masz2 1(u) 7(disz) gin2-ta]
8	iti a2-[ki-ti]
9	[n] 2(disz) udu [n masz2 1/3(disz) ma-na gin2-ta]
10	iti# ezem-[{d}szul-gi]
11	8(disz) udu 3(disz) [n masz2 1/3(disz) 5(disz) gin2-ta]
12	iti szu-[esz5-sza]
13	6(disz) udu 4(disz) [masz2 1/2(disz) ma-na-ta]
reverse col 4
1	mu-[kux(DU)]
2	[la2?-ia3?] 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-[na n gin2] igi-6(disz)-gal2 [n sze ku3-babbar]
3	nig2-ka9-ak#
4	dam#-gar3-ne#
5	[iti] masz-ku3#-gu7-[ta]
6	[iti] ezem#-mah#-[sze3] iti-bi iti# 1(u) la2 1(disz)-am3
7	mu us2-sa# {d}i-bi2-{d}suen# lugal uri5{ki}-[ma]-ke4# nibru[{ki}] uri5{ki}-ma# bad3-gal-bi mu-du3

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