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Orient 55, 161 no. 7 (P424391)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Orient 55, 161 no. 7 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424391 |
| Museum no. | WCMA 20.1.24 |
| Collection | Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 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 | 1(disz) kasz dida 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 1 wort-beer, 5 sila3 fine beer, |
| 2 | 1(ban2)# ninda# 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 herkels alkali-plant |
| 3 | 3(disz) sa szum2 | 3 bundles onions, |
| 4 | ba-a-a-ti sukkal gaba-asz | Baʾāti, the messenger, to the frontier |
| 5 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 6 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| 7 | 1(disz) sa szum2 | 1 bundle onions, |
| 8 | a-li2-szu-ni ka-us2 | his city he defeated. |
| 9 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 10 | 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 2 shekels oil, 2 shek[els alkali-plant] |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [1(disz)] sa szum2 | 1 bundle onions |
| 2 | [...]-sza# | ... her |
| 3 | szunigin 1(disz) kasz dida szunigin 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga | total: 1 wort-beer; total: 5 sila3 fine beer; |
| 4 | szunigin 6(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda | total: 6 sila3 beer; total: 1 ban2 4 sila3, bread; |
| 5 | szunigin 6(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 6(disz) gin2 naga | total: 6 shekels oil; total: [6 shekel] alkali-plant; |
| 6 | szunigin 5(disz) sa szum2 | total: 5 bundles onions |
| 7 | u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam | 17th day, |
| 8 | iti nesag | month: “nesag festival,{š} |
| 9 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi | year following: “Šu-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected,’ the year following that. |
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