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Sumer 54, 032 02 (P499313)

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

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Designation	Sumer 54, 032 02
ID	P499313
Museum no.	IM 141864
Collection	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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
1	4(u) 3(asz) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur	43 gur 3 sila3 barley,
2	1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur	1 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 emmer,
3	5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gig	5 ban2 7 sila3 wheat,
4	sze-numun mur-gu4	seed barley for oxen
5	3(barig) 3(ban2) sze sza3-gal amar	3 barig 3 ban2 barley, fodder of calves,
6	ki gu-du-du-ta	from Gududu
7	szunigin 4(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur	total: 43 gur 4 barig 3 sila3 barley,
8	szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur	total: 1 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 emmer
9	szunigin 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gig	total: 5 ban2 7 sila3 wheat
10	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
11	2(bur3) 2(esze3) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) 1(disz)-ta	2 bur3 2 eše3 1/2 iku surface area at 11 each,
12	8(bur3) GAN2 1(u)-ta	8 bur3 surface area at 10 each
13	2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(u) la2 1/2(disz)-ta	2 bur3 1 eše3 3 iku surface area at 10 less 1/2 each
14	1(bur'u) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-ta	11 bur3 4 1/2 iku surface area at 10 less 1 each
15	3(bur3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 8(disz)-ta	3 bur3 3 1/2 iku surface area at 8 each,
16	1(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-ta a-sza3 bala-a	1 bur3 5 iku surface area at 10 less 1 each, field of the bala;
reverse
1	sze-numun-bi 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 gur	its seed grain: 25 gur 1 barig 5 ban2 7 sila3 10 shekels
2	ziz2-numun-bi 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur	its emmer: 1 gur 2 barig 3 ban2
3	gig-numun-bi 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3	its seed grain: 5 ban2 5 sila3
4	mur-gu4-bi 1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3	its oxen: 17 gur 3 barig 4 ban2 8 sila3
5	1(disz) amar gu4 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze	1 bull calves, 1 barig 3 ban2 barley
6	2(disz) amar ansze 1(barig)-ta	2 calfs, 1 barig (= 60 sila3) each
7	sze-bi 3(barig) 3(ban2) im gurum2 gu4 apin-ta	its barley: 3 barig 3 ban2, tablet from the inspection of oxen from the plow;
8	szunigin 4(u) 3(barig) x 4(disz) sila3 1(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 gur	total: 43 barig 4 sila3 16 2/3 shekels
9	szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur	total: 1 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 emmer
10	szunigin 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gig	total: 5 ban2 7 sila3 wheat
11	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
12	nig2-ka9-ak sze-numun mur-[gu4]	accounts of seed barley for oxen
13	ur-{d}ma-mi nu-banda3-gu4	Ur-Mami, manager of oxen
14	mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal-e si-mu-ru-um[{ki} ba-hul]	year: “Ibbi-Suen, the king, Simurrum was destroyed.‭

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