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AAICAB 1/4, Bod AB 240 (P330652)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | AAICAB 1/4, Bod AB 240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P330652 |
| Museum no. | Bod AB 240 |
| 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 | 1(disz) dug dida 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 1 jug of sweetened beer, 5 sila3 fine beer, |
| 2 | 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant], |
| 3 | 3(disz) sa szum2 | 3 bundles onions, |
| 4 | nu-ur2-{d}szul-gi sukkal gaba-asz | Nur-Šulgi, the messenger, to the frontier |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila2 bread, |
| 6 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| 7 | 1(disz) sa szum2 | 1 bundle onions, |
| 8 | szar-ru-dan sukkal gaba-ta | Šarru-dan, the messenger, from the frontier |
| 9 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 10 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) sa szum2 | 1 bundle onions, |
| 2 | ze2-la KA-us2-sa2-sze3 | to the sweet ... |
| 3 | szunigin 1(disz) dug dida szunigin sila3 kasz saga | total: 1 jug of wort; total: sila3 fine beer; |
| 4 | szunigin 8(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda | total: 8 sila3 beer; total: 1 ban2 5 sila3, bread; |
| 5 | szunigin 6(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 6(disz) gin2 naga | total: 6 shekels oil; total: [6 shekel] alkali-plant; |
| 6 | szunigin 5(disz) sa szum2 | total: 5 bundles onions |
| 7 | u4 1(u)# 8(disz)#-kam# | 18th day |
| 8 | iti nesag | month: “nesag festival,{š} |
| 9 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 mu us2-sa-bi | year following: “Šu-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected;’ the year following that.— |
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