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JCSSS 5, 068 (P499788)
Administrative, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | JCSSS 5, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499788 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Du-Enlila (mod. uncertain) |
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 | 6(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 5(ban2) sze# gur# | 612 gur 5 ban2 barley |
| 2 | 6(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) igi gur sag-gal2# | 6 gur 3 barig 5 ban2, capital (measure) |
| 3 | 6(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) gur | 198 gur 4 barig 4 ban2 |
| 4 | sza3#-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 5 | 3(u) 2(asz) [n] gur# dingir#-sa6#-ga# | 32 gur, Dingir-saga |
| 6 | 8(asz) gur zi-im#-tum# [...] sze-ba | 8 gur of zimtu-flour ..., barley rations |
| 7 | 1(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur si2-im-tum sze-ba | 12 gur 3 barig 2 ban2 simtum barley, |
| 8 | 2(u) 3(barig) 2(ban2) nin9#-ki#-ag2 | 23 barig 2 ban2: Nin-kiag |
| 9 | 8(asz) 4(barig) gur a2 lu2 hun-ga2# | 8 gur 4 barig labor of hirelings |
| 10 | a-hux(RI)-du10-ab | Aḫu-duab |
| 11 | 4(asz) gur a2 lu2 hun-ga2 | 4 gur, labor of hirelings; |
| 12 | lu2-{d}inanna sza3-gu4 | Lu-Inanna, oxen driver |
| 13 | 4(asz) gur lugal-ku3-zu sza3-gu4 | 4 gur, Lugal-kuzu, oxen manager; |
| 14 | 5(asz) gur ka5#-a | 5 gur, barley-fed |
| 15 | 3(asz) gur a2# lu2 hun-ga2 {gesz#}kiri6-gibil | 3 gur, labor of hirelings of the orchard |
| 16 | ur-sag#-ub-ba [...] | The hero |
| 17 | 2(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur# sza3#-gal udu [...] zu? | 2 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 fodder for ... sheep |
| 18 | 1(barig) 1(ban2) nig2-sa10# esir2# E2-A x? | 1 barig 1 ban2 “valued’, bitumen of Ea |
| 19 | 2(barig) a-si-ma2?-[...] | 2 barig Asima- |
| 20 | 5(ban2) szu-ni#?-x-re sanga? | 5 ban2: Šuni-x-re, the temple administrator |
| 21 | 2(barig) sze-ba nam#-gurusz#? gu4-si#? | 2 barig barley rations: male laborers, oxen? |
| 22 | 4(barig) sze-ba nam-gurusz | 4 barig barley rations: male laborers; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | iti sig4-ga | month "Bricks," |
| 2 | 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur sze-ba nam-gurusz# | 2 gur 3 barig 2 ban2 barley rations for the male laborers |
| 3 | 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur sza3-gal udu niga# [...] | 1 gur 2 barig 1 ban2, fodder of grain-fed sheep |
| 4 | iti szu-numun-ka | of the month “Sowing,’ |
| 5 | 5(asz)! gur e2-esz2 | 5 gur, eš-house; |
| 6 | 8(asz) 2(barig) gur u-bar lu2-unu{ki} | 8 gur 2 barig, Ubar, Lu-Unug |
| 7 | 5(asz) 3(barig) gur sze-ba e2-a | 5 gur 3 barig barley rations in the house |
| 8 | iti NE-NE-gar | month: NENEgar, |
| 9 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur# | 96 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 |
| 10 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 11 | 4(gesz2) 3(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) gur mu#-kux(DU)# | 142 gur 2 barig, delivery |
| 12 | nig2-ka9{+a}-ak ib2-tak4 | accounts he made |
| 13 | ki a-hux(RI)-du10-ab | from Aḫu-duab |
| 14 | iti NE-NE-gar u4 3(u) la2 1(disz@t) ba-zal | The month of NE-NE-gar, the day 30 less 1 passed; |
| 15 | mu {d}i-bi2#-{d}suen# lugal#-e# si-mu-ru-um#{ki} mu-hul | year: “Ibbi-Suen, the king, Simurrum destroyed. |
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