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LoC 012 (P272540)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | LoC 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P272540 |
| Museum no. | LoC 012 |
| Collection | Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | sa2#-du11 szu-a-gi-na | regular offerings of Šu'agina |
| 2' | 1(u)# 2(asz) gur | 12 gur |
| 3' | iti# 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month |
| 4' | 1(asz)# gur iti diri | 1 gur, extra month |
| 5' | sza3#-gal {ansze}kunga2 | chief of the k-equids |
| 6' | {d#}szara2-anzu2{muszen}-babbar2 | Šara-anzu-babbar |
| 7' | 4(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur | 48 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 5 sila3 |
| 8' | iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month, |
| 9' | 3(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur | 3 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 |
| 10' | iti diri | extra month |
| 11' | sa2-du11 szu-a-gi-na | regular offerings of Šu-agina |
| 12' | 1(asz)# 4(barig) gur | 1 gur 4 barig |
| 13' | iti# 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month |
| 14' | 2(barig)# 3(ban2) iti diri | 2 barig 3 ban2 extra month |
| 15' | sza3#-gal {ansze}kunga2 | chief of the k-equids |
| 16' | {d#}szara2 |KI.AN|{ki} | Šara of Ki’an |
| 17' | 3(u)# 6(asz) gur | 36 gur |
| 18' | iti# 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month |
| 19' | 3(asz)# gur | 3 gur |
| 20' | iti# diri | extra month |
| 21' | sza3# gir13-gesz{ki} | in Girgeš |
| 22' | [n] 2(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur | ... 23 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 4 sila3 |
| 23' | iti# 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month |
| 24' | 4(asz)# 2(barig) 3(ban2) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur | 4 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 9 1/2 sila3 |
| 25' | iti# diri | extra month |
| 26' | [n] sze u3-ru-ru | n barley, ururu |
| 27' | {d#}nin#-ur4-ra# umma#{ki#} | For Ninura of Umma |
| 28' | [...] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | 2(u)# 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur | 21 gur 3 barig 1 ban2 4 sila3 |
| 2' | iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month, |
| 3' | 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 gur | 1 gur 1 barig 2 sila3 |
| 4' | iti diri | extra month |
| 5' | {d}nin-zabala3{ki} a-pi4-sal4{ki} | For Ninzabala and Apisal |
| 6' | 5(u) 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 gur | 50 gur 2 barig 6 sila3 |
| 7' | iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month, |
| 8' | 3(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur | 3 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 8 sila3 |
| 9' | iti diri | extra month |
| 10' | {d}nin-eb-gal | For Ninebgal |
| 11' | 2(u) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur | 21 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 8 sila3 |
| 12' | iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month, |
| 13' | 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur | 1 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 6 sila3 |
| 14' | iti diri | extra month |
| 15' | {d}nansze umma{ki} | For Nanše of Umma, |
| 16' | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur | 115 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 |
| 17' | iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month, |
| 18' | 5(asz) 1(ban2) gur | 5 gur 1 ban2 |
| 19' | iti diri | extra month |
| 20' | sa2-du11 | regular offerings |
| 21' | 8(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) sze-ba geme2 dumu | 8 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 barley rations for female laborers, children |
| 22' | iti 1(u) 3(disz)-kam | 13th month, |
| 23' | {d}nin-e11-e | Nin-e'e, |
| 24' | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 4(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur | 115 gur 4 ban2 1 1/2 sila3 |
| 25' | iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month, |
| 26' | 6(asz) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur | 6 gur 1 ban2 2 sila3 |
| 27' | iti diri | extra month |
| 28' | [sze-ba] geme2# dumu | barley rations of female laborers, children |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1' | 1(asz) gur iti# diri | 1 gur, extra month |
| 2' | sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2 | chief of the k-equids |
| 3' | {d}lamma-lugal umma{ki} | Lamma-lugal of Umma, |
| 4' | 1(asz) 3(barig) gur | 1 gur 3 barig |
| 5' | {d}lamma lugal anzu2{muszen}-babbar2 | Lamma, king of the white Anzu bird |
| 6' | 1(u) 2(asz) gur | 12 gur |
| 7' | iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 12th month, |
| 8' | 1(asz) gur iti diri | 1 gur, extra month, |
| 9' | {d}en-lil2 | Enlil, |
| 10' | 1(barig) sze 1(barig) ziz2 | 60 litres of barley 1 barig of emmer |
| 11' | gur pa4-u2-e | gur of pa’ue, |
| 12' | 2(barig) sze 2(barig) ziz2 | 2 barig barley, 2 (barig) emmer, |
| 13' | gur {d}dumu-zi-da 2(disz)-a-bi | 2 gur of Dumuzida, |
| 14' | 1(barig) sze 1(barig) ziz2 | 60 litres of barley 1 barig of emmer |
| 15' | {d}li9-si4 | Lisi, |
| 16' | sa2-du11 dingir-re-ne | regular offerings of the gods |
| 17' | 3(gesz'u) sze gur | 180 gur of barley, |
| 18' | 4(u) gig gur | 40 gur of wheat |
| 19' | sza3-gal masz2 ansze | fodder for the donkeys |
| 20' | sza3 na-ga-ab-tum | in Nagabtum |
| 21' | 2(u) 7(asz) gur | 27 gur |
| 22' | nag-lugal | for Nag-lugal; |
| 23' | 1(asz) 1(barig) sze dabin sa-a | 1 (gur) 1 barig barley, roasted, |
| 24' | 1(gesz2) 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur | 66 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 |
| 25' | sze nag lugal | barley for royal consumption |
| obverse col 4 | ||
| 1' | 6(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) gur# | 184 gur |
| 2' | sze-ba ma2-lah5# | barley rations of the boatmen |
| 3' | kiszib3 giri3-ni-i3-sa6# | under seal of Girini-isa |
| 4' | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(asz) gur# | 92 gur |
| 5' | sze ma2-lah5 sza3#-[x] | barley of the boatman ... |
| 6' | kiszib3 da-da-[ga] | under seal of Dadaga |
| 7' | 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 6(asz) 1(barig) gur# | 966 gur 1 barig |
| 8' | mu e2-a-ni-sza#-[sze3] | for Ea-niša |
| 9' | nigar{gar}-ki-du10 x-[x] | Nigar-kidu |
| 10' | szu ba-ti | received. |
| 11' | kiszib3 da-da-ga# | under seal of Dadaga |
| 12' | u3 {d}szul-gi-[kalam]-ma-me-te-bi | and Šulgi-kalama-metebi |
| 13' | 1(gesz2) gur | 60 gur |
| 14' | szar-ru-um-i3-li2 masz2-szu-gid2-gid2 | Šarrum-ilī, the diviner, |
| 15' | kiszib3 ga-na-a nu-banda3 | under seal of Ganâ, the overseer; |
| 16' | 5(asz) gur | 5 gur |
| 17' | a-gu-a mu szah2-gesz-gi-[sze3] | Agua, to the name of Šahgešgi |
| 18' | kiszib3 sukkal-mah | under seal of Sukkalmah; |
| 19' | 2(u) 5(asz) gur | 25 gur |
| 20' | lu2 zi-gu5-um-ma# | the righteous man |
| 21' | 2(gesz'u) gur# | 120 gur |
| 22' | erin2 zabala3{ki} u3# gu2-isz-<har>-ra2-ka# | (labor-)troops of Zabalam and Gušchara |
| 23' | kiszib3 lugal-me-lam2# | under seal of Lugal-melam |
| 24' | szu-{d}nin-szubur [x] | Šū-Ninszubur |
| 25' | 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) gur# | 1070 gur |
| 26' | erin2 iri bu3-[ra? x] | labor-troops of the built-up city |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | 2(gesz'u)# 1(barig)# 1(ban2)# 8(disz)# sila3# gur# | 170 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 8 sila3 |
| 2' | iti# 1(u)# 2(disz)#-kam# | 12th month |
| 3' | 1(asz)# 2(barig)# 4(ban2)# 6(disz)# sila3 gur | 1 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 6 sila3 |
| 4' | iti# diri# | extra month |
| 5' | {d#}nansze# umma#{ki#} | For Nanše of Umma |
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