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Smithsonian 18 (P332581)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Smithsonian 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P332581 |
| Museum no. | SI 344991c |
| Collection | Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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(asz) sze gur lugal | 5 gur of barley, royal (measure), |
| 2 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 3 | 2(asz) 1(barig) sze ur5-ra gur | 2 gur 1 barig barley rations, |
| 4 | kiszib3 a-gu-gu | under seal of Agugu |
| 5 | 1(asz) sze ur5-ra gur | 1 gur barley, interest-bearing, |
| 6 | kiszib3 di-ni-mu aga3-us2 ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3 | under seal of Dīnimu, soldier, Ur-gigir, the overseer; |
| 7 | [...] sze ur5-ra gur kiszib3 ur-{d}nisaba | ... barley rations gur under seal of Ur-Nisaba |
| 8 | [...] sze szuku-ra lu2-{d}utu dumu nin-me-saga | ... barley rations of Lu-Utu, son of Ninmesaga |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(asz) gur sa2-du11 {d}nun-gal | 1 gur, regular offerings of Nungal |
| 2 | ur-sa6-sa6 | Ur-Sasa |
| 3 | 1(barig) sze-ba ur-{d}bil3-kur-IL2 | 60 litres of barley (for) Ur-Il |
| 4 | kiszib3 ARAD2 | under seal of ARAD; |
| 5 | 3(barig) sze nig2 siskur2 diri | 3 barig of barley, a gift of extra offerings, |
| 6 | 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze-ba elam | 1 barig 2 ban2 barley, Elam; |
| 7 | 3(asz) gur a2 lu2 hun-ga2 | 3 gur, labor of hirelings; |
| 8 | kiszib3 ur-[...] | under seal of Ur- |
| 9 | [...] 4(barig) 5(ban2) [...] | ... 4 barig 5 ban2 |
| 10 | [kiszib3 ...]-{d}[...] | under seal of ...- |
| 11 | [...] 2(barig) sze ur5-ra [kiszib3] | ... 2 barig barley rations under seal |
| 12 | 6(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze ur5-ra [kiszib3] | 6 gur 4 barig 4 ban2 barley, interest-bearing, under seal of |
| 13 | sa2-du11 sze | regular offering of barley |
| 14 | [...]-gal2-la giri3 lugal-[...] a-sza3 la2-mah [...] | ... via Lugal-..., field Lamaḫ |
| 15 | [mu en]-mah-gal-[an-na ba-hun] | year: "Enmahgalana was installed." |
Sources & licences
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