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JCSSS 5, 108 (P499828)
Administrative, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | JCSSS 5, 108 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499828 |
| 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 | 5(u) 8(disz) {gesz}geszimmar hi-a# | 58 date palms |
| 2 | nig2-sa10-bi 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2# ku3-babbar | its exchange value: 14 1/2 shekels silver |
| 3 | 1(disz) har {gesz}pesz3 | 1 ring of peš tree |
| 4 | 1(disz) har {gesz}ge6-par4 | 1 ring of a chariot, |
| 5 | nig2-sa10-bi 1/2(disz)# gin2# ku3-babbar | its exchange value: 1/2 shekel of silver |
| 6 | ki ur-KA-na-ra | from Ur-KA-nara |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) {gesz}geszimmar hi-a | 100 date palms, |
| 8 | nig2-sa10#-bi# 1/3(disz) ma-na# 5(disz) gin2 ku3#-babbar# | its exchange value: 1/3 mana 5 shekels silver |
| 9 | ki ur-{d}nisaba | from Ur-Nisaba |
| 10 | 3(iku) GAN2 ki {gesz}kiri6 a-sza3-bi tab-dam | 3 iku field area with orchard, its area is tabbed; |
| 11 | a-sza3-bi 1(esze3) GAN2 | its area: 1 eše3 surface area, |
| 12 | 2(u)# sar e2-du3-a a-sza3-bi tab-dam | 20 sar, the edua-house, its area is tabbed |
| 13 | a-sza3-bi# 4(u) sar | its area: 40 sar |
| 14 | 4(u) la2 1(disz@t) sar# mun?-gi sar-a x x x [...] | 40 less 1 sar, ... ... |
| 15 | 2(u) 6(disz) sar [...] | 26 sar |
| 16 | 1(esze3)# GAN2# [...] | 1 eše3 field area |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-sza3 [...] [...] | field |
| 2 | a-sza3-bi# 1(barig) [...] | its area: 1 barig |
| 3 | e2 libir#? x [...] [...] | The old temple(?) |
| 4 | 4(u) sar# {gesz}geszimmar-tur# a-sza3-bi tab-dam | 40 sar, date palms, its field is planted |
| 5 | a-sza3-bi 1(gesz2) 2(u) sar# | its area: 60 sar |
| 6 | ur-{d}nisaba | Ur-Nisaba, |
| 7 | 1(u) sar kislah# a-sza3 KA#?-bi-sze3 szum2#-mu#-dam# | 10 sar, the kislaḫ functionary, given to the field ... |
| 8 | ur-KA-na-ra | Ur-KA-nara |
| 9 | szunigin 2(esze3) 2(iku) [n] GAN2 GAN2 x-e | total: 2 eše3 2 iku ... field area ... |
| 10 | szunigin 2/3(disz) ma#-na ku3-babbar | total: 2/3 mana silver |
| 11 | ki-ba gar#?-ra# e2 ki {gesz}kiri6# u3 szuku | In that place, the temple, the place of the orchard and the šuku-vessel |
| 12 | za-an-nu#-um# u3# dumu-ne-ne | Žannum and their children |
| 13 | mu gesz mu2#-a# {d}nin-urta#-ke4 ba-ab-ri-a-sze3 | because of the tree that Ninurta had planted |
| 14 | da-da ensi2 nibru{ki}-ke4 | Dada, ruler of Nippur, |
| 15 | ki#-ba in-ne-szi-gar | he established there. |
| 16 | iti gu4#-si#-su | month: “Oxen-sisu,’ |
| 17 | mu {d#}szu#-{d#}suen# lugal# ma-da za-ab#-sza#-lum#{ki#} mu-hul-a | year: “Šu-Suen, king of the land, Zabšalum destroyed. |
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