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Bradeen 1 (P355915)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

Designation	Bradeen 1
ID	P355915
Museum no.	Bradeen 1
Collection	Stan Bradeen, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Coordinates	31.6669, 45.8861

English translation

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Line	English
obverse 1	681 gur 1 barig barley,
obverse 2	86 [gur] 3 barig 5 ban 4 [sila emmer,]
obverse 3	foreman: Lugina
obverse 4	631 [gur] 3 barig [barley,]
obverse 5	21 gur emmer,
obverse 6	14 gur 1 barig wheat,
obverse 7	foreman: Lugal-emahe
obverse 8	593 gur barley,
obverse 9	89 gur 3 barig 3 ban emmer,
obverse 10	11 gur 1 barig wheat,
obverse 11	foreman: Dudumu
obverse 12	608 gur barley,
obverse 13	83 gur 3 barig emmer,
obverse 14	33 gur 1 barig wheat,
obverse 15	foreman: Lugal-gigire
obverse 16	140 gur 2 barig barley
obverse 17	of the field of Szara,
reverse 1	foreman: A'abba
reverse 2	233 gur 2 barig 1 ban 5 sila barley
reverse 3	of the field of Szara, foreman: Ur-gigir?
reverse 4	103 gur 2 barig barley of the field of manu-wood,
reverse 5	foreman: Agugu
reverse 6	133 gur barley of the field of manu-wood,
reverse 7	78 gur 3 barig emmer of the “field of the shepherds,”
reverse 8	foreman: Lugal-xani
reverse 9	37 1 barig 1 ban 7 sila (barley) from the “field of the shepherds,”
reverse 10	foreman: Lugalkugani
reverse 11	54 gur 4 barig 1 ban (barley) from the “field of the shepherds,”
reverse 12	108 gur 2 barig (barley),
reverse 13	11 gur chickpeas from the “field of the shepherds,”?
reverse 14	foreman: Ur-Enlila
reverse 15	threshed grain of the royal plots
reverse 16	in Da-Umma
reverse 17	did ARAD2 receive
reverse 18	via Lu-banda.
reverse 19	Year: “Simurum and Lulubu were destroyed for the 9th time.”

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) sze# gur#
2	1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz)# [sila3 ziz2 gur]
3	ugula lu2-gi-[na]
4	1(gesz'u) 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) [sze gur]
5	2(u) 1(asz) ziz2 gur
6	1(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) gig gur
7	ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
8	9(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) sze gur
9	1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur
10	1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gig gur
11	ugula du-du-mu
12	1(gesz'u) 8(asz) sze gur
13	1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
14	3(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) gig gur
15	ugula lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
16	2(gesz2) 2(u) 2(barig) sze gur
17	a-sza3 {d}szara2
reverse
1	ugula a-ab-ba
2	3(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
3	a-sza3 {d}szara2 ugula ur-{gesz}gigir?
4	1(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) sze gur a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu
5	ugula a-gu-gu
6	2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) sze gur a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu
7	1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur a-sza3 sipa-ne
8	ugula lugal-x-a-ni
9	3(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 a-sza3 sipa-ne
10	ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni
11	5(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) gur a-sza3 sipa-ne
12	1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) gur
13	1(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gu2-nida gur a-sza3 sipa?-x
14	ugula ur-{d}en-lil2-la2?
15	sze gesz-e3-a GAN2-gu4
16	da-umma{ki}
17	ARAD2 szu ba-ti
18	giri3 lu2-banda3{da}
19	mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu#{ki#} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul

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