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CDLJ 2015/3 §2.34 (P404813)

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

Designation	CDLJ 2015/3 §2.34
ID	P404813
Museum no.	DUROM U 10772
Collection	Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK
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	2 ban2 eša-flour
obverse 2	(and) 2 ban2 dubdub flour,
obverse 3	(for) Šara of Umma and Apisal;
obverse 4	5 sila3 eša-flour
obverse 5	(and) 5 sila3 dubdub flour,
obverse 6	(for) Ninura;
obverse 7	5 sila3 eša-flour
obverse 8	(and) 5 sila3 dubdub flour,
obverse 9	(for) Šara-KI.AN,
obverse 10	9 sila3 eša-flour
obverse 11	(and) 9 sila3 dubdub flour, for the house Ebgal,
obverse 12	4 sila3 fine flour,
obverse 13	2 sila3 dates,
obverse 14	6 sila3 eša-flour
obverse 15	(and) 1 ban2 6 sila3 barley flour
obverse 16	(for) the reservoir (at) the outlet of the canal,
reverse 1	4 sila3 fine flour,
reverse 2	1 sila3 dates,
reverse 3	4 sila3 eša-flour
reverse 4	(and) 9 sila3 dubdub flour,
reverse 5	(for) Ninḫursag-Kamari
reverse 6	(and) 1 ban2 6 sila3 eša-flour,
reverse 7	1 ban2 6 sila3 dubdub flour,
reverse 8	1 ban2 of fine flour,
reverse 9	5 sila3 dates,
reverse 10	1 ban2 5 sila3 bran flour
reverse 11	(for) Nin-Zabala,
reverse 12	from Lu-balasaga,
reverse 13	under seal of the governor;
reverse 14	month “Harvest,”
reverse 15	year after: “Šū-Suen, the king, the wall of Martu erected,” the year after.
seal 1 col 1 1	Šū-Suen,
seal 1 col 1 2	strong king,
seal 1 col 1 3	king of Ur
seal 1 col 1 4	the king of the four regions,
seal 1 col 2 1	Ayakalla,
seal 1 col 2 2	governor
seal 1 col 2 3	of Umma,
seal 1 col 2 4	(is) your servant.

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	2(ban2) esza
2	2(ban2) zi3 dub-dub#
3	{d#}szara2# umma{ki} a-pi4#-[sal4{ki}]
4	5(disz) sila3 esza#
5	5(disz) sila3 zi3-dub-dub
6	{d}nin-ur4-ra
7	5(disz) sila3 esza#
8	5(disz) sila3 zi3#-dub#-dub#
9	{d#}szara2# \|KI.AN\|{ki#}
10	9(disz) sila3 esza#
11	9(disz) sila3 zi3-dub-dub e2 eb-gal
12	4(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15
13	2(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
14	6(disz) sila3 esza
15	1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 dabin
16	kab2-ku5 kun i7-da
reverse
1	4(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15
2	1(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
3	4(disz) sila3 esza
4	9(disz) sila3 zi3-dub-dub
5	{d}nin-hur-sag-ka-ma-ri2{ki}
6	1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 esza
7	1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zi3-dub-dub
8	1(ban2) zi3#-sig15
9	5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
10	1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 duh
11	{d}nin-zabala3{ki}
12	ki lu2-bala-saga-ta
13	kiszib3 ensi2
14	iti sze-sag11-ku5
15	mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen# lugal-e <bad3> mar-tu mu-du3 mu us2-sa-bi
seal 1 col 1
1	[{d}szu-{d}suen]
2	lugal kal-ga
3	lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4	lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
seal 1 col 2
1	a-[a-kal-la]
2	ensi2#
3	umma#[{ki}]
4	ARAD2-zu

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