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JCSSS 5, 071 (P499791)
Administrative, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | JCSSS 5, 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499791 |
| 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 | 1(gesz2) 2(u)# [n] sar# szum2-ma | 60+n sar given |
| 2 | ba-a-a | Baʾa |
| 3 | 4(u)# 3(disz)# 1/2(disz) sar a-bu-a# | 43 1/2 sar, Abu’a |
| 4 | 2(u) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 | 20 sar 15 shekels |
| 5 | ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu ki-sikil-lul-la | Ur-Šulpa’e, son of Kisikila |
| 6 | 3(u) 4(disz) sar# ba-a-a ma2-lah5 | 34 sar for Ba'aya the boatman |
| 7 | 3(u) 2(disz) sar# lu2-dingir-ra | 32 sar, Lu-dingira |
| 8 | 1(u) 7(disz) sar# gal-zu-di-ku5 | 17 sar, galzudiku |
| 9 | 2(u) sar ba-a-a dumu bir3{+ir}-ha-asz2# | 20 sar Ba’a, son of Birhaš |
| 10 | 4(u) sar un-da-ga | 40 sar undaga, |
| 11 | 3(u) sar ka5-a | 30 sar, canal inspector; |
| 12 | 2(u) sar ba-zi szitim | 20 sar, Bazi, builder; |
| 13 | 2(u) 8(disz) sar a2-DU-DU engar#? | 28 sar, ADUDU, the plowman(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u)# 8(disz)# sar# tu-ra-am#-i3-li2 | 18 sar: Turam-ili |
| 2 | 1(esze3) GAN2 szum2 | 1 eše3 field area: onions; |
| 3 | ur-sukkal | Ur-sukkal |
| 4 | 1(u) 7(disz) sar i3-za-num2 | 17 sar, Izazanum |
| 5 | 8(disz) sar a-hu-um-dingir | 8 sar: Aḫum-ilum; |
| 6 | 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sar <i?>-sa3-ri2-ik | 14 1/2 sar |
| 7 | 2(u) 9(disz) sar ku-ru-ub-er3-ra | 29 sar: Kurub-Erra; |
| 8 | 1(u)# 5(disz)# 1/2(disz) sar ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | 15 1/2 sar, Ur-Šulpa'e |
| 9 | 4(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar szu-{d}nin-szubur | 42 1/2 sar, Šu-Ninszubur |
| 10 | 1(gesz'u) 5(u) 9(disz)# sar szum2 | 909 sar onions |
| 11 | 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sze# ninda# ur-sukkal | 3 1/2 iku of barley, bread for Ur-sukkal |
| 12 | 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze ninda ba-a-a | 1 barig 4 ban2 barley, bread of Baʾa |
| 13 | mu si-mu#-ru#-um{ki} ba#-hul# | year: “Simurrum was destroyed. |
Sources & licences
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