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JCSSS 5, 143 (P499863)
Administrative, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | JCSSS 5, 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499863 |
| 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 | 3(u) sze gur numun mur#-gu4# | 30 gur of barley, seed for oxen |
| 2 | a2# lu2# hun-ga2 | labor of hirelings |
| 3 | a-sza3-ga# ba-a-da-an-kux(KWU636)# | he brought it into the field. |
| 4 | 2(asz) gur ki inim-sa6#-sa6# | 2 gur, with Inimsasa |
| 5 | ($ blank space $) 3(u) 2(asz)# sze gur | 32 gur of barley |
| 6 | sza3#-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 7 | 3(asz) gur ur#-{d}al#-la# | 3 gur, Ur-Alla |
| 8 | 6(asz)# ziz2 gur# ARAD2-mu | 6 gur emmer, ARADmu |
| 9 | 7(asz)# 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur sze-ba sza3#-gu4 iti 2(disz)-kam | 7 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 barley rations of the oxen-drivers for 2 months |
| 10 | 1(u) 4(asz)# 1(barig) gur a-sza3# du6#-an#-na# | 14 gur 1 barig field of Duanna |
| 11 | ki ad#-da-kal-la | from Addakala |
| 12 | 3(barig) 2(ban2) igi gur sag-gal2# | 3 barig 2 ban2 igi gur, capital (measure) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur a-da#-lal3# sipa# | 1 gur 3 barig 2 ban2, Adalal, the shepherd |
| 2 | 3(ban2) la-ia3 ugula# lu2 hun-ga2# | 3 ban2 deficit, foreman: hirelings |
| 3 | ($ blank space $) 3(u) 3(asz)# 4(ban2)# sze# gur | 33 gur 4 ban2 barley |
| 4 | zi#-ga#-am3 | booked out |
| 5 | 1(asz) 4(ban2) gur# diri de6#-a#? | 1 gur 4 ban2 extra for Ea |
| 6 | nig2#-ka9#-ak# a-a-iri#-mu | account of Ayyirimu |
| 7 | mu# en {d}inanna unu ki masz2-e i3-pa3 | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna in Uruk at the place of the goat was chosen. |
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