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Sumer 54, 034 03 (P499314)

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

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Designation	Sumer 54, 034 03
ID	P499314
Museum no.	IM 141865
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(barig) sze-numun mur-gu4 gur	43 gur 3 barig seed barley for oxen,
2	1(asz) 1(barig) gur sza3-gal amar	1 gur 1 barig, fodder of calves,
3	ki gu-du-du-ta	from Gududu
4	szunigin 4(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur	total: 44 gur 4 barig 4 ban2 barley,
5	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
6	1(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) 1(disz)-ta	1 bur3 2 eše3 2 1/2 iku surface area at 11 each,
7	1(esze3) 3(iku) x GAN2 1(u) 1/2(disz)-ta	1 eše3 3 iku surface area at 10 1/2 each,
8	4(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta	4 bur3 2 eše3 3 1/2 iku surface area at 10 each,
9	2(esze3) 4(iku) n GAN2 1(u) la2 1/2(disz)-ta	2 eše3 4 iku surface area at 10 less 1/2 each
10	1(bur'u) 7(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) la2 1(disz)?-ta	17 bur3 2 eše3 5 1/2 iku surface area at 10 less 1 each
11	2(esze3) 4(iku)#? GAN2 8(disz)-ta	2 eše3 4 iku surface area at 8 each
12	1(bur3) 1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 bala-a 1(u) la2 1(disz)?-ta	1 bur3 1 eše3 2 iku surface, field of the bala, at 10 less 1 each;
13	sze-numun-bi 2(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5/6(disz) sila3 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 gur	its seed grain: 26 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 5/6 sila3 2 1/2 shekels
reverse
1	mur-gu4-bi 1(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 gur	its oxen: 17 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 7 2/3 sila3 5 shekels;
2	1(disz) amar gu4 1(barig) 2(ban2)-ta	1 bull calves, 1 barig 2 ban2 (= 100 sila3) each
3	3(disz) amar ansze 1(barig)-ta	3 donkey calfs at 1 barig each,
4	sze-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) gur	its barley: 1 gur 1 barig;
5	im gurum2 gu4 apin-ta	tablet from the inspection of oxen from the plow
6	szunigin 4(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 sze gur	total: 44 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 8 2/3 sila3 7 1/2 shekels barley,
7	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
8	la2-ia3 1(u) 2(barig) 1/2(disz) gin2 gur sze	Deficit: 12 barig 1/2 shekels barley,
9	nig2-ka9-ak sze-numun mur-gu4	accounts of seed barley for oxen
10	lu2-banda3{da} nu-banda3-gu4?	Lu-banda, the oxen manager
11	a de2-a	to be poured out
12	mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul	year: “Simurrum was destroyed.‭

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