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Sumer 54, 037 05 (P499316)

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

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Designation	Sumer 54, 037 05
ID	P499316
Museum no.	IM 141871
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) 2(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 5(disz)# [gin2 gur]	42 gur 4 barig 5 ban2 8 sila3 5 shekels
2	2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur	2 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 emmer,
3	1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 gig sze-numun amar	1 barig 2 sila3 wheat, seeds of calves,
4	1(asz) 3(ban2) sza3-gal amar gu4 gur	1 gur 3 ban2 fodder for calves of oxen,
5	ki gu-du-du-ta	from Gududu
6	szunigin 4(u) 3(asz) 3(barig)? 3(ban2) 8(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 gur	total: 43 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 8 5/6 sila3 5 shekels
7	szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur	total: 2 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 emmer
8	szunigin 2(disz) sila3 gig	total: 2 sila3 wheat
9	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
10	1(bur'u) 3(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 1(u) 1(disz)-ta	13 3/4 iku surface area at 11 each,
11	1(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 1(u) 1/2(disz)-ta	1 bur3, 1 eše3 1 iku surface area at 10 1/2 each,
12	1(bur'u) 1(esze3) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta	11 bur3 3/4 iku surface area at 10 each,
13	1(bur'u)# 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku)#? GAN2 1(u) la2 1/2(disz)-ta	12 bur3 1 eše3 3 iku surface area at 10 less 1/2 each
14	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(u) la2 1(disz)?-ta	1 eše3 3 iku surface area at 10 less 1 each
15	2(iku) GAN2 7(disz)-ta	2 iku surface area at 7 each,
16	1(bur'u) 2(bur3)? 4(bur3)? 1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 bala-a 1(u) la2 1(disz)?-ta	12 bur3 4 bur3 1 iku surface area, field of the bala, at 10 less 1 each;
reverse
1	sze-numun-bi	its seed barley
2	2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 [...]	2 ban2 4 sila3
3	ziz2-numun-bi [...]	its emmer
4	gig-numun-bi [...]	Its seed
5	mur-[gu4-bi ...]	Its oxen ...
6	4(disz) amar# ansze 1(barig) [n-ta]	4 donkey calfs, 1 barig n each
7	1(disz) amar gu4 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze	1 bull calves, 1 barig 3 ban2 barley
8	szunigin 4(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2)? 8(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 [gur]	total: 43 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 8 2/3 sila3
9	szunigin 2(asz) x x [...]	total: 2 ...
10	szunigin 1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 [gur]	total: 1 barig 2 sila3
11	zi-ga-[am3]	booked out
12	[szunigin x] 3(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) [sila3? x gin2 gur]	total: x gur 3 barig 2 ban2 4 sila3 x shekels
13	nig2-ka9-ak sze#-[numun mur-gu4]	accounts of seed barley for oxen
14	lugal-iti-da [nu-banda3-gu4]	Lugal-itida, oxen manager
15	mu si-mu-ru#-[um{ki} ba-hul]	year: “Simurrum was destroyed.‭

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