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YOS 05, 163 (P306490)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 05, 163 |
|---|---|
| ID | P306490 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05418 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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 | ||
| 1 | 3(barig) 1(ban2) ninda 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 kasz gur | 3 barig 1 ban2 bread, 1 gur 2 barig 5 sila3 beer, |
| 2 | 2(asz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz gur | 2 gur 1 ban2 5 sila3 beer, |
| 3 | u4-[sakar] gibil mah | the great new moon |
| 4 | 3(u) 3(disz) x [x?] ninda 4(disz) sila3-ta-am3# | 33 ... breads, 4 sila3 each |
| 5 | ninda-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur | its bread: 1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 6 sila3 |
| 6 | 1(barig) gal-zu-ukken-na | 60 litres (of barley for) Galzukkena |
| 7 | 1(barig) zabar#-dab!(LU) | 60 litres of barley 1 unit for Zabar-dab |
| 8 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3# [sza13]-dub-ba | 1 ban2 2 sila3 šadubak-flour |
| 9 | 3(ban2) [...] sanga | 3 ban2 ..., the temple administrator; |
| 10 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3# [esz3]-a-ab-du | 1 ban2 2 sila3 esh-abdu |
| 11 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 szita-esz3 | 1 ban2 2 sila3 of šita-esz-flour, |
| 12 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 agrig | 1 ban2 2 sila3, steward, |
| 13 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 KA zi3-da | 1 ban2 2 sila3 KA flour, |
| 14 | [1(ban2)? 2(disz)? sila3?] sza3-tam | 1 ban2 2 sila3 of šatam flour |
| 15 | 1(ban2)# 2(disz)# sila3# KA ninda | 1 ban2 2 sila3 KA bread |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nar-gal | 1 ban2 2 sila3: Nargal; |
| 2 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nar-sa | 1 ban2 2 sila3: the musicians; |
| 3 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gala-mah | 1 ban2 2 sila3: the chief lamentation singer; |
| 4 | 1(u) 8(disz) erin2 nam-szita4 u3 lu2-bappir | 18 labor-troops of the šita-officers and the brewers, |
| 5 | ninda-bi 1(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 | its bread: 1 barig 4 ban2 8 sila3 |
| 6 | 1(u) 8(disz) nar a-u3-a | 18 singers: A'ua |
| 7 | ninda-bi 1(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 | its bread: 1 barig 4 ban2 8 sila3 |
| 8 | 6(disz) i3-du8 ninda-bi 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 | 6 doorkeepers, their bread: 3 ban2 6 sila3 |
| 9 | 3(disz) szu-i ninda-bi 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 | 3 ... its bread: 1 ban2 8 sila3 |
| 10 | 3(disz) x x ninda-bi 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 | 3 ... its bread: 1 ban2 8 sila3 |
| 11 | 3(asz) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur | 3 gur 5 ban2 4 sila3 |
| 12 | iti ab-e3 | month: “Abe’e. |
| 13 | mu bad3 gal uri2{ki}-ma ba-du3 | year: “The great wall of Ur was erected. |
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