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AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 499 (P330566)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 499 |
|---|---|
| ID | P330566 |
| Museum no. | Bod S 499 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 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 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 | 5 sila₃ fine beer, 5 liters of bread, 5 shekels onions, |
| 2 | 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekeln alkali-plant, |
| 3 | a-gu-a | Agu’a |
| 4 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 | 5 sila₃ fine beer, 5 liters of bread, 5 shekels onions, |
| 5 | 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekeln alkali-plant, |
| 6 | [x]-da-mu | x-damu |
| 7 | [5(disz) sila3] kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 | 5 sila3 fine beer, 5 sla3 bread, 5 shekels onions |
| 8 | [3(disz)] gin2# i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekel naga |
| 9 | [...]-sza-x-[...]-ni# | ... his |
| 10 | [5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz)] gin2# szum2 | 5 sila3 fine beer, 5 sla3 bread, 5 shekels onions |
| 11 | [3(disz)] gin2# i3 [2(disz) gin2] naga# | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekeln alkali-plant |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda] 5(disz) gin2 szum2 | 5 sila3 fine beer, 5 sla3 bread, 5 shekels onions |
| 14 | [3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2] naga | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekel naga |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nu-ur2#-[{d}]suen# | Nur-Suen |
| 2 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 | 5 sila₃ beer, 5 sila” bread, 5 shekels onions, |
| 3 | 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekeln alkali-plant, |
| 4 | ab-ba-kal-la | Abbakala |
| 5 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 5 shekels onions, |
| 6 | 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekeln alkali-plant, |
| 7 | gu3#-de2-a | Gudea |
| 8 | [3(disz)] sila3# kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, 5 shekels onions |
| 9 | 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 3 shekels oil, 2 shekeln alkali-plant, |
| 10 | szu-{d}en-lil2-la2 | Šū-Enlila, |
| 11 | szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz | total: 1 ban2 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 ban2 1 sila3, beer |
| 12 | szunigin# 3(ban2)# 5(disz)# sila3 ninda szunigin# 2/3(disz) sila3# [x] gin2# szum2 | total: 3 ban2 5 sila3 bread; total: 2/3 sila2 x shekels onions |
| 13 | szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 i3 | total: 1/3 sila3 4 shekels oil; |
| 14 | szunigin 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 naga | total: 16 shekels alkali-plant, |
| 15 | iti dal u4 5(disz)-kam | The month of Tašritum, the day 5 |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu ma2-dara3# [... ba-ab-du8] | year: “The barge ... was caulked. |
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