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NMS A.1978.439 (P453063)
Administrative, Old Akkadian · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE
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| Designation | NMS A.1978.439 |
|---|---|
| ID | P453063 |
| Museum no. | NMS A.1978.439 |
| Collection | National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Akkadian · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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(gesz2@c)?] ninda# 1(asz@c) kasz 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c)#? dug# | 60 breads, 1 jar of beer at 1 barig 1 ban2 (per day) |
| 2 | 2(gesz2@c)#? kasz 4(ban2@c) dug | 120? jars of beer at 4 ban2 per jar |
| 3 | ur-{d}nin-tu | Ur-Nintu |
| 4 | 1(gesz2@c) ninda banszur? szu-i3-li2-su | 60 breads for the table of Šu-ilissu, |
| 5 | 1(gesz2@c) lu2-lugal-pa-e3 | 60 for Lu-lugal-pa'e; |
| 6 | 1(gesz2@c) ma2#-lah5 | 60 boatmen |
| 7 | 4(asz@c) nar mar-tu | 4 Amorite musicians, |
| 8 | 5/6(disz) gurusz edin | 5/6 male laborer in the steppe, |
| 9 | 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) lu2-ma2-gur8 ninda kum2?-x-ta? | 20 less 2 (for) Lu-magur, bread kum-x, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szunigin 3(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 4(asz@c) ninda 5(u)? du8 | total: 184 loaves of bread at 50 (volume-)measures each |
| 2 | 1(asz@c)? kasz 1(barig@c)#? (n) dug | 1 pot: beer; 1 barig n pots |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) kasz zi3 dug | 1 pot: beer, flour, |
| 4 | 4(ban2@c) 3(disz)#? sila3 zi3 a#-ga-de3{ki} | 4 ban2 3 sila3 flour of Agade |
| 5 | 2(barig@c) sze kasz | 2 barig barley, beer |
| 6 | n mu 5(disz) iti 2(u) 5(disz) u4 | n years, 25 months, 25 days |
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