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UMTBM 03, 96 (P321159)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | UMTBM 03, 96 |
|---|---|
| ID | P321159 |
| Museum no. | BM 107864 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | 3(disz)# sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 fine beer, 2 sila3, bread |
| 2 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| 3 | 1(disz) sa szum2 e-su-ur-i3-li2 sukkal gaba-ta | 1 bundle onions, Esur-ilī, the messenger, from the frontier; |
| 4 | 1(disz) kasz dida saga 2(ban2) | 1 good quality dida beer, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) |
| 5 | 1(ban2) zi3-gu 2(ban2) dabin | 1 ban2 of fine flour, 2 ban2 [of dabin flour], |
| 6 | sza3-ga-kas4 gaba-ta bala-a | Šagekaš from the frontier to the bala; |
| 7 | giri3 e-su-ur-i3-li2 sukkal | via Esur-ilī, the messenger; |
| 8 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 9 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga# | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) sa szum2 szu-{d}nisaba gaba-ta | 1 bundle onions, Šu-Nisaba, from the frontier; |
| 2 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 3 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| 4 | 1(disz) sa szum2 na-an-na-ri gaba-ta | 1 bundle onions, from the chest, |
| 5 | 2(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda sza3-gal kas4 gaba-ta bala-a | 2 ban2 beer, 3 ban2 bread, šagal-offerings of the runners, from the frontier, transferred; |
| 6 | giri3 na-an-na-ri | via Nannari |
| 7 | szunigin 1(disz) kasz dida saga 2(ban2) | total: 1 good quality dida beer, 2 ban2 |
| 8 | szunigin# 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz | total: 3 sila3 fine beer; total: 2 ban2 6 sila3, beer |
| 9 | [szunigin 3(ban2)] 6(disz)# sila3 ninda szunigin 6(disz) gin2 i3 | total: 3 ban2 6 sila3 bread; total: 6 shekels oil |
| 10 | [szunigin 6(disz)] gin2 naga szunigin 3(disz) sa szum2 | total: 6 shekels alkali-plant; total: 3 bundles onions |
| 11 | [u4] 3(u)#? la2 1(disz)-kam | the 29th day |
| 12 | iti nesag | month: “nesag festival,{š} |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu# en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3 | year: “The high-priestess of Inanna of Uruk was chosen by omens. |
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