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Oppenheim Nachlass no. 12 (P331988)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Oppenheim Nachlass no. 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P331988 |
| Museum no. | BBS — |
| Collection | Bethany Biblical Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, 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 | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) [sar ...] | 105 sar |
| 2 | {u2}har-an 1(u) sar-ta [...] | 10 sar of ḫaran-plant |
| 3 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam | its labor: 89 1/2 days; |
| 4 | 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sar {u2}hirinx(KWU318)-na 6(disz) sar-ta | 312 sar, hirinnu-plant, at 6 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 5 | a2-bi u4 5(u) 2(disz)-kam | its labor: 52 days; |
| 6 | 5(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | 155 sar, hoed at 5 sarta (per day), |
| 7 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(disz)-kam | its labor: 105 days; |
| 8 | 7(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) sar {u2}hirinx(KWU318)-na 8(disz) sar-ta | 76 sar, hirinnu-plant, 8 saar each, |
| 9 | a2-bi u4 5(u) 7(disz)-kam | its labor: 47 days; |
| 10 | 3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-ra2 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 185 sar, cut juniper at 15 (volume-)sar per (day) |
| 11 | a2-bi u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam | its labor: 13 days; |
| 12 | 4(gesz2) sar {u2}kiszi17 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta | 240 sar of juniper at 12 sara (per day) |
| 13 | a2-bi u4 3(u) 5(disz)-kam | its labor: 35 days; |
| 14 | 2(u) 5(disz) sar {u2}kiszi17 1(u) sar-ta | 25 sar, juniper at 10 sara (per day), |
| 15 | a2-bi u4 2(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam | its labor: 2 1/2 days; |
| 16 | 2(gesz2) 2(u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta | 120 sar, reeds plucked at 20 sara (per day), |
| 17 | a2-bi u4 8(disz)-kam | its labor: 8 days; |
| 18 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3-ta | labor of hirelings: 6 sila3 each |
| 19 | 6(gesz2) 2(u) sar {u2}har-an 1(u) sar-ta | 620 sar, ḫaran-plant at 10 (volume-)sar (a day), |
| 20 | a2-bi u4 3(u) 8(disz)-kam a2 sza3-gu4 | its labor: 38 days; labor of oxen drivers; |
| 21 | 2(bur3)? GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) sar-ta | 2 bur3 of harrowing at 3 sar per day, |
| 22 | a2 erin2-na-bi u4 [n-kam] | its troops' labor: n days |
| 23 | 3(bur3)? gesz-[...] | 3 bur3 ... |
| 24 | a2 erin2-na-bi [u4 n-kam] | its troops' labor: n days |
| 25 | 1(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 tug2-[sag11 ...] | 1 bur3 2 eše3 field area: textiles |
| 26 | gesz-ur3-ra a-[ra2 ...] | The harrow, for how long ...? |
| 27 | a2 erin2-na-bi [u4 n-kam] | its troops' labor: n days |
| 28 | a-sza3 gi-ur3?-[a] | field Gi’ura |
| 29 | a-sza3 la2-[...] | field deficit |
| 30 | ugula ur-{gesz}[gigir] | foreman: Ur-gigir |
| 31 | [...] lugal-a2-zi#-[da] | ... Lugalazida |
| 32 | mu hu-uh3-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed. |
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