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Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 121-140 (P519401)

Business / Contracts, ED IIIa, Adab · c. 2600 BCE–2500 BCE

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Designation	Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik 121-140
ID	P519401
Museum no.	Anonymous 519401
Language	Sumerian
Period	ED IIIa · c. 2600 BCE–2500 BCE
Genre	Business / Contracts
Find spot	Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Coordinates	31.9509, 45.6233

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 col 1'
1'	[...] x
2'	[...]
3'	[...] x
4'	[...] x-gal#	... great
5'	[...] tu7(\|HIxDISZ\|) sila3	... soup made with sila3 flour
6'	[...]-mu	...-mu
7'	[n] 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3	n 1 sila3 soup
8'	[x?] lu5#-lu5	... men
9'	[...] tu7 sila3	... soup made with sila-flour
obverse col 2'
1	1(u@c)#? ur-szubur	10? Ur-šubur
2	1(u@c)#? gan-nab	10(?) (ninda): Gannab
3	dam#? za3-mu	the spouse(?) of Zamu
4	2(u@c)? gan-DIM-ZA	20, Gan-DIM-ZA;
5	dam nig2-hu#-bu7{bu}	wife of Nighubu
6	2(u@c) lugal-he2-gal2	20, Lugal-hegal;
7	SIG7	yellow-green
8	1(u@c) sag-{d}en-lil2-da#	10 (for) Sag-Enlila
9	1(u@c) im-ta-kas4:e	10 times he will beat it.
10	dumu gan-{d}en-lil2-me	son of Gan-Enlil,
11	dam-gar3	merchant
12	lu2-ki-inim-ma-me	are witnesses.
13	x nin-dur2	... Nindur
14	[...] x x
obverse col 3'
1	($ blank space $) lugal-szud3-de3	Lugal-šude,
2	szesz ur-gu	brother of Urgu
3	ugula	foreman
4	($ blank space $) munus-du6-a	(for) Munusdua
5	dam lugal-uszur3-nu2	wife of Lugal-ušur-nu
6	unu3	cowherd
7	1(u@c) ab-ba-ur-sag	Abba-ursag
8	1(u@c) nin-uri3	10: Nin-uri;
9	dam-ni	his wife
10	1(u@c) gan-e2	10: Gan-e;
11	1(u@c) me-na-sze3	for 10 (times)
12	1(u@c) lugal-lu-ti-ti	10 Lugal-lu-titi
13	szu-i@t
14	1(u@c) ur2-ni	10, Urni;
15	nu-kiri6	orchardist
16	uh ugula-e2	Uh, foreman of the house
17	1(u@c) ur-{d}{sze3}szer7-da	10: Ur-Šerda
18	gurusz#-min@t	male laborers
19	[... {d}]en#-ki	... Enki
obverse col 4'
1	ARAD ensix(\|GAR.ENSI2\|)	servant of the governor.
2	1(u@c) lu2-gidri-du10	10: Lu-gidridu
3	ugula	foreman
4	1(u@c) lugal-inim-du10-ga	10, Lugal-inim-duga;
5	gurusz-min@t	male laborers
6	1(u@c) me-ab-zu	10 (gur) Me-abzu
7	dam-ni	his wife
8	1(u@c) lu5-lu5	10: Lu-lu
9	dumu-ni	his son
10	1(u@c) ur-TUR	10: Ur-TUR;
11	sipa	shepherd
12	1(u@c) lugal-ezem	10: Lugal-ezem
13	ama dara4-ab-zu	Mother Ara-abzu,
14	1(u@c) lugal-ezem	10: Lugal-ezem
15	sag-apin	the plowmen
16	2(u@c) ninda	20 ninda
17	ur-e2-mah	Ur-Emaḫ
18	sanga2	temple administrator
19	1(u@c) nin-pa3-da	10: Ninpada
20	dam-ni	his wife
21	1(u@c)# szesz-ki-na	10 Šeškina
22	dumu-ni	his son
obverse col 5'
1	[n] e2#-ki-nu2-bi-du10	n E-kinu-bidu
2	dumu e2-zi-mu	son of Ezimu
3	1(u@c) be-li2-li2	10 (for) Belili
4	ARAD ensix(\|GAR.ENSI2\|)	servant of the governor.
5	1(u@c) sza3-ne2-si	10: Šanesi;
6	pa4-NIG2
7	1(u@c) sza3-da-nu-ne	10, Šadanune;
8	ku3@n-tuku	silver
9	1(u@c) ur-e2	10: Ur-e;
10	ar3-ar3
11	e2-igi-nim	the Eiginim
12	1(u@c) giri3-ni	10 (gur) via
13	1(u@c) e2-ninda-kasz-nu-til	10 E-ninda-kaš-nutil
14	dumu ur-e2-me	son of Ur-eme,
15	uszur3-sila-me	we are herdsmen.
16	2(gesz2@c) ninda	120 loaves of bread
17	1(asz@c) umbinx(\|UR2xKID2\|) i3	1 ... of oil,
18	1(asz@c) kasz	1: beer;
19	1(asz@c) ku3 gin2	1 shekel silver
20	en-za-ra-nu-gi4	Enzaranugi
obverse col 6'
1	nimgir-gal	Nimgirgal,
2	1(gesz2@c) ninda-ninda	60 ninda
3	1(asz@c) i3 umbinx(\|UR2xKID2\|)	1 aš-c-(worker), oil of umbin-vessel
4	1(asz@c) kasz	1: beer;
5	1(asz@c) ku3 gin2	1 shekel silver
6	e2-da-da	with the Edada
7	nimgir-sila-	Nimgir-sila
8	kam4	he opened.
9	4(u@c) ninda	40 ninda
10	1(asz@c) i3 sila3	1 sila3 oil
11	szesz-nig2-lu5-le	Šeš-niglu
12	nimgir	herald
13	4(u@c) ninda	40 ninda
14	1(asz) i3 sila3	1 sila3 oil,
15	ma-ma-hir-su	Amahirsu,
16	nimgir	herald
17	4(u@c) ninda	40 ninda
18	1(asz@c) i3 sila3	1 sila3 oil
19	szesz-GIR2-gal	Šeš-GIRgal
20	nimgir	herald
21	4(u@c) ninda	40 ninda
22	1(asz@c) i3 sila3	1 sila3 oil
23	szud3-utu	Šud-Utu
24	4(u@c) ninda	40 ninda
reverse col 1
1	e2-DU	EDU
2	nimgir ka2# e2-gal-me	the herald of the palace gate
3	1(asz) lugal-he2-gal2	Lugal-ḫegal
4	gan-ki	of Ganki
5	ur-na-du3-a#	Ur-nadua
6	ur-e	Ur-e,
7	ur-szubur	Ur-šubur
8	lu2 nig2-sa10	a buyer
9	gu7-a-me	who eats
10	e2-zi-sza3-gal2	Ezišagal
11	nu-esz3	nueš priestess
12	e2-igi-nim	the Eiginim
13	lu2 nig2-sa10 ak	the man who bought it
14	kak-bi e2#-gar8-ra	Its gate is a storehouse
15	i3-bi za3-ge	its oil is to be poured out.
16	ab-ak	he made.
17	inim-bi al-til	Its word is finished.
1'	[...]-szeg9#	... rain

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