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Sumer 54, 039-040 07 (P499318)

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

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Designation	Sumer 54, 039-040 07
ID	P499318
Museum no.	IM 141877
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	[n] 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 sze gur	n gur 2 barig 4 ban2 7 sila3 barley
2	[n] ziz2 gur	n gur emmer
3	[n] 2(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3 gig	... 2 ban2 5 sila3 wheat
4	sze#-numun mur-gu4	seed barley for oxen
5	1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) sza3-gal amar	1 gur 2 barig 2 ban2, fodder for calves;
6	ki gu-du-du-ta	from Gududu
7	szunigin 5(u) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 sze gur	total: 50 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 7 sila3 barley
8	szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur	total: 2 gur 2 barig emmer
9	szunigin 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gig	total: 1 barig 3 ban2 5 sila3 wheat
10	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
11	1(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(u) 1(disz)-ta	1 bur3 1 eše3 3 iku surface area at 11 each,
12	8(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 1(u)-ta	8 bur3 2 eše3 2 3/4 iku surface area at 10 each,
13	1(bur3) GAN2 1(u) la2 1/2(disz)-ta	1 bur3 surface area at 10 less 1/2 each
14	1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 1(u) la2 1(disz)?-ta	11 bur3 2 eše3 surface area at 10 less 1 each
15	2(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2 8(disz) 1/2(disz)-ta#	2 bur3 2 iku surface area at 8 1/2 each
reverse
1	[n] GAN2 8(disz)#?-ta	n hectares 8(?) each
2	[n GAN2] a#-sza3# bala#-a# [1(u)] 1(disz)# x-x-[ta]	n hectares of bala field at 11 ... each
3	GAN2# lugal#-nir	field of Lugal-nir
4	4(bur3)#? 2(iku) GAN2# 1(u)-ta	4 bur3 2 iku surface area at 10 each
5	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2# 1(u) la2 1(disz)?-ta	1 eše3 3 iku surface area at 10 less 1 each
6	6(bur3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku)? GAN2 a-sza3 bala-a 1(u)-ta	6 bur3 2 1/2 iku surface area, field of the bala, 10 each;
7	GAN2 x gu4 diri	[A field of x] extra bulls,
8	sze-numun-bi 2(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur	its seed grain: 28 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 6 1/2 sila3
9	ziz2-numun-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) gur	its emmer: 2 gur 2 barig;
10	gig-numun-bi 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3	its seed wheat: 1 barig 2 ban2 5 sila3
11	mur-gu4-bi 2(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) x 2/3(disz) sila3 gur	its oxen-bone: 21 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 2/3 sila3
12	2(disz)#? amar gu4 1(barig) 4(ban2)	2 calves, oxen, 1 barig 4 ban2
13	2(disz)#? amar ansze 1(barig)-ta	2 calfs, 1 barig (= 60 sila3) each
14	[sze-bi x] 4(barig)#? 3(ban2) gur im gurum2 gu4 apin-ta	its barley: x gur 4 barig 3 ban2, from the tablet of the inspection of oxen from the plow
15	[szunigin n] 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 sze gur	total: n gur 1 ban2 7 sila3 10 shekels barley
16	[szunigin n ziz2] gur	total: n gur emmer
17	[szunigin n] gig	total: n sickles
18	[nig2-ka9-ak sze]-numun mur-gu4	account of seed barley for oxen

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