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Textile Terminologies 189, 1 (P376162)

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

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Designation	Textile Terminologies 189, 1
ID	P376162
Museum no.	BM 110313
Collection	British Museum, London, 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 col 1
1	la2#-ia3# 1(disz) tug2 bar-tug2 4(disz)-kam us2	deficit: 1 outer garment, 4th grade
2	7(gesz2) 8(disz) tug2 guz-za du	68 guz-za textiles, regular quality,
3	4(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 tug2 usz-bar	383 15 shekels: weaver's textile;
4	1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) tug2 usz-bar tur	92 small weavers,
5	3(u) tug2 usz-bar tur zu2-uh	30 small ušbar garments, soiled,
6	1(u) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 du	10 šagadu garments, regular quality,
7	1(u) tug2 sa-sa	10 ... textiles,
8	8(disz) tug2 usz-bar tur ge6	8 small black textiles,
9	4(u) 4(disz) tug2 u2 ge6 kal	44 textiles, grass-fed, all night
10	1(gesz2) 5(disz) tug2 u2 ge6 muru13	105 textiles, grass-fed, black,
11	9(gesz2) 6(disz) tug2 mug muru13	96 mug-garments, muru3;
12	1(u) 7(disz) tug2 mug tur	17 small mug garments
13	1(u) 7(disz) tug2 usz-bar sumun	17 old weavers,
14	1(gesz2) 4(u) 9(disz) tug2 usz-bar tur sumun	89 small weavers, old,
15	4(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) tug2 gu2-ansze	45 1/2 garments for donkeys,
16	1(u) 2(disz) tug2 gu2-ansze sumun	12 old gu-anše textiles,
17	3(disz) tug2 bar-si bu-ra 4(disz)-kam us2	3 outer garments for the būru-festival, 4th grade,
18	3(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) tug2 u2 kal	35 1/2 garments, grass-fed,
19	2(disz) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 zu2-uh	2 šagadu-garments, zuḫ,
20	2(disz) tug2 da-ba-tum tur	2 small dabatum textiles,
21	7(disz) tug2 u2 sumun	7 old textiles,
obverse col 2
1	2(u) 2(disz) tug2 [...]	22 ... garments,
2	1(u) 3(disz) tug2 [...]	13 ... textiles,
3	1(disz) tug2 usz-[bar]	1 weavers' garment
4	3(disz) tug2 u2 tur#	3 small textiles
5	4(disz) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 du#	4 šagadu textiles, regular quality
6	6(disz) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 du nig2-dara4	6 ša-gadu-garments made of nigdara-wool
7	8(disz) 1/2(disz) gada du	8 1/2 linens, regular quality,
8	1(u) 3(disz) gada sza3-ga-du3 4(disz)-kam us2	13 linen šagadu-garments, 4th grade,
9	1(disz) gada du sumun	1 linen, old, regular quality,
10	3(ban2) 5/6(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 i3-szah2	3 ban2 5/6 sila3 5 shekels lard,
11	1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 3(u) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) 5(disz) gin2 tug2 hi-a	98 2/3 (and) 5 shekels garments,
12	la2-ia3-am3	deficit.
13	diri 2(u) 8(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2	surplus: 28 nig2-lam textiles, 3rd grade,
14	3(disz) tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2	3 guz-za textiles, 3rd quality,
15	1(u) 6(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam-[us2]	16 nig2-lam textiles, 4th quality
16	1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) tug2 guz-[za 4(disz)-kam us2]	93 guz-za garments, 4th grade
17	3(u) 8(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 [du]	38 nig2-lam textiles made
18	1(u) tug2 guz-za du [...]	10 guz-za garments, regular quality
19	1(disz) tug2 guz-za du [...]	1 guz-za garment, regular quality
20	1(szar2) 5(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) [n(disz)-kam] us2	900 less 1 nth length
reverse col 1
1'	1(gesz2)# 3(u) 4(disz)? [tug2] u2 muru13	104(?) garments, grass-fed
2'	4(u) 6(disz) tug2 u2-[...] tur	46 small ... textiles
3'	3(u) 1(disz) tug2 mug kal	31 mug-garments, whole,
4'	3(u) 6(disz) tug2 mug ge6	36 black mug garments,
5'	4(disz) tug2 u2 nig2-dara2	4 textiles, grass-fed, nigdara,
6'	1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 du zu2-uh	1 nig2-lam textile, regular quality, zuḫ,
7'	6(disz) tug2 nig2-sal-la2-sag	6 nig2-sal-lasag textiles,
8'	1(u) 2(disz) tug2 bar-si nig2-la2	12 bar-si textiles, nigla quality,
9'	2(u) 5(disz) tug2 bar-si du	25 bar-si textiles, regular quality,
10'	1(disz) tug2 bar-si du sumun	1 old bar-si textile, old,
11'	3(disz) gada 3(disz)-kam us2	3 linens, 3rd grade,
12'	1(u) 2(disz) gada sza3-[ga-du3]	12 linen šagadu-garments
13'	2(u) 8(disz) [...]	28 ...
14'	5(u) 4(asz)? [gu2] 5/6(disz) ma-[na siki]	54 talents 5/6 mana wool
reverse col 2
1	7(szar2) 8(gesz2) [...] 3(disz) gurusz#	7 (šar2) 8 (sixties) ... 3 male laborers
2	1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 1(u) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) 5(disz) gin2 tug2 hi-a	9313 2/3 (and) 5 shekels garments,
3	diri-ga-am3	surpassing
4	ur-ge6-par4	Ur-gepar
5	u3 sza3-nin-ga2-<ga2> ib2-ge-en6	and my heart will be satisfied.
6	diri la2-ia3 lu2-kal-la	surplus, deficit of Lukalla
7	iti 1(u) 1(disz)-kam iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta	11th month, from month "Harvest,"
8	iti pa4-u2-e-sze3	to month “Pa'ue;’
9	kiszib3 lu2-kal-la	under seal of Lukalla
10	[mu en] eridu#{ki} ba-hun	year: “The en(-priestess) of Eridu was installed.
seal 1
1	lu2-kal-la	Lukalla
2	dub-sar	scribe
3	dumu lu2-sa6-ga	son of Lu-saga,

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