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Fs Vargyas 290 05 (P500111)

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

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Designation	Fs Vargyas 290 05
ID	P500111
Museum no.	Anonymous 500111
Collection	Hideo Mihira, Chiba, Japan
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	5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	5 sila₃: flour;
2	u4 1(disz)-kam	1st day,
3	5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	5 sila₃: flour;
4	4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	4 sila₃: flour;
5	u4 2(disz)-kam	2nd day,
6	5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	5 sila₃: flour;
7	4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	4 sila₃: flour;
8	u4 3(disz)-kam	3rd day,
9	4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	4 sila₃: flour;
10	u4 4(disz)-kam	4th day.
11	4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	4 sila₃: flour;
12	u4 5(disz)-kam	5th day.
13	4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	4 sila₃: flour;
14	u4 6(disz)-kam	the 6th day
15	4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	4 sila₃: flour;
16	u4 7(disz)-kam	7th day,
17	4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15 u4 8(disz)-kam	4 sila3 of flour, 1 sila2 of fine flour on the 8th day;
18	4(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15 u4 9(disz)-kam	4 sila3 of flour, 1 sila2 of fine flour on the 9th day;
19	1(ban2) zi3 1(ban2) zi3-esza sza3 e2-a	1 ban2 flour, 1 ban2, eša-flour in the house,
20	u4 {d}bil3-ga-mes i3-dab5	when Gilgamesh accepted
21	3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zi3 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 esza	3 ban2, 6 sila3 flour, 3 ban2 6 sil3 eša flour,
22	sza3 gur? gi DU? gada?-sze3	to the ... reed ... of the linen(?)
reverse
1	2(ban2) zi3 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15	2 ban2 of flour, 2ban2 7 sila3 of fine flour,
2	x x x NE x	V [x x]
3	2(ban2) zi3 ninda-gal 4(ban2) zi3 ninda du8	2 ban2 coarse flour, 4 ban2 fine flour,
4	1(barig) 2(ban2) kasz du	1 barig 2 ban2 regular beer,
5	2(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga	2 sila3 fine nig-arra flour,
6	4(ban2) duh	4 ban2 of bran,
7	balag uru nigin-na	The balaŋ drum of the whole city
8	2(ban2) zi3-sig15 x x x	2 ban2 of fine flour ,
9	2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3#-sig15# x x x	2 ban2 5 sila3 fine flour
10	1(barig)# zi3 ninda-gal 2(barig) 2(ban2) zi3 ninda du8	1 barig coarse flour, 2 barig 2 ban2 coarse flour
11	2(ban2) zi3 ninda-gal# [...] saga	2 ban2 fine flour, ... bread
12	1(barig) zi3 x x sila3 kasz du	1 barig flour ... sila3 regular beer
13	5(disz) sila3 zi3 x x x 2(disz) sila3 zi3? kasz#? du#?	5 sila3 ... flour, 2 sila 3? ... beer?
14	4(ban2) duh	4 ban2 of bran,
15	sza3 zabala3!?{ki}-sze3	into Zabalam
16	2(barig) 3(ban2) zi3-sig15 2(barig) 5(ban2) dida du	2 barig 3 ban2 sig-flour, 2 (pānu) 5 ban2 common wort,
17	giri3 dam ur-{d}ku3-nun-na	via Ur-Kununa
18	ki {d}szul-gi-mu-dah-ta	from Šulgi-mudaḫ
19	ba-zi	Bazi,
20	iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la	month: “Barley at the granary,’
21	mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi	year after: “The Amorite wall was erected;’ the year after that,‘

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