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BMO 18, 02 (P525005)
Administrative, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BMO 18, 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525005 |
| Museum no. | IM 205128 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
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 | sze-ba [lugal] | the royal barley rations |
| 2 | ur-{d}bil4-[ga:mes] | Ur-Gilgames |
| 3 | 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu-lu#-[um] | 1 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3 dates |
| 4 | [n] ur-[{d}]szu-zi-an-ka | n of Ur-Šuzianka |
| 5 | [n] lu2-du10-ga | n: Lu-duga |
| 6 | 3(ban2)# szu-na-wi-ir | 3 ban2: Šunawir |
| 7 | 3(ban2) hu-la-al | 3 ban2: Hulal; |
| 8 | 3(ban2) an-na-hi-li | 3 ban2 Annaḫili |
| 9 | muhaldim-me | the cooks |
| 10 | 1(barig) ab-ba-gi-na | 60 litres (of barley for) Abbagina |
| 11 | 1(barig) li-<bur>-be-li2 | 60 litres (of barley for) Libur-beli |
| 12 | 3(ban2) nin-dub-sar | 3 ban2: Nin-dubsar; |
| 13 | 1(barig)# ir-ib2-dingir-szu | 60 litres (of barley for) Irīb-ilišu |
| 14 | 3(ban2)# ab-ba-mu | 3 ban2: Abbamu |
| 15 | 3(ban2)# szu-e2-a | 3 ban2: Šu-Ea |
| 16 | 3(ban2)# a-an-na-mu | 3 ban2 A’anamu |
| 17 | lu2 lunga-me | We are brewers |
| 18 | 1(barig) {d}amar-{d}suen-ha-ma-ti | 60 litres (of barley for) Amar-Suen-hamati |
| 19 | 5(ban2) lugal-nesag-e | 5 ban2, Lugal-nesage, |
| 20 | 3(ban2) da-ku-gi | 3 ban2: Dakugi; |
| 21 | 3(ban2) zi3 1(ban2) esza | 3 ban2 flour, 1 ban2 esha, |
| 22 | ib-szi-ga | he erected. |
| 23 | 2(asz) 5(disz) sila3 [x] | 2 5 sila3 ... |
| 24 | 1(ban2) sze gur | 1 ban2 barley, |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [n] szu#-ma-ma | n shumama |
| 2 | 2(ban2) ma-szum | 20 litres (of barley for) Mašum |
| 3 | sagi | cupbearer |
| 4 | 1(barig) {d}nin-szubur-an-dul3 | 60 litres (of barley for) Ninšubur-andul |
| 5 | 5(ban2) tah-sza-tal | 5 ban2: Aḫšatal; |
| 6 | 1(barig) ur-dingir-[an]-na | 60 litres (of barley for) Ur-dingir-ana |
| 7 | 1(barig) ep-qu2-sza | 60 litres (of barley for) Epquša |
| 8 | 1(barig) a#-bu#-du10 | 60 litres (of barley for) Abudu |
| 9 | 2(ban2) nu-ur2-{d}iszkur | 2 ban2 Nūr-Adad, |
| 10 | 1(ban2) be-li2-du10 | 1 ban2: Beli-ṭāb |
| 11 | dumu-ni-me | his sons |
| 12 | 3(ban2) a-da-lal3 | 3 ban2: Adalal; |
| 13 | 3(ban2) dingir-dan | 3 ban2: Dingir-dan; |
| 14 | 3(ban2) zu-zu | 3 ban2: Zuzu |
| 15 | 4(ban2) en-um-i3-li2 | 4 ban2: Ennum-ilī; |
| 16 | [1(barig)?] dingir-ur-sag | 60 litres (of barley for) Dingir-ursag |
| 17 | 1(barig)# ur-{d}suen | 60 litres (of barley for) Ur-Suen |
| 18 | 1(barig) lu-ba-li2-it, | 60 litres (of barley for) Lu-baliṭ |
| 19 | 1(barig) te-ni-ri | 60 litres (of barley for) Teniri |
| 20 | 4(ban2) puzur4-esz18-dar | 40 litres (of barley for) Puzur-ištar |
| 21 | [n] i3-li2-asz-ra-ni | n Ili-ašrani |
| 22 | n puzur4-{d}szara2 | Puzur-Šara |
| 23 | aga3-us2-me | our soldiers |
| 24 | 5(ban2) a-bu-um-dingir | 5 seahs: Abum-ilī; |
| 25 | 3(ban2) zi-za-num2 | 3 ban2 of zinzanum-flour, |
| 26 | [...] | |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | 5(ban2) ur-{d}[ba-ba6] | 5 ban2: Ur-Baba |
| 2 | 3(ban2) szu-er3#-ra | 3 ban2: Šu-Erra |
| 3 | zah3# la-la-ha-ma-[ti] | ... of the lalaḫa-demons |
| 4 | 3(ban2)# i-di3-{d}suen# | 3 ban2 Iddi-Suen |
| 5 | 4(ban2) {d}[szara2]-zi#-[da] | 4 ban2 of Šara-zida |
| 6 | 3(ban2) lu2-[dingir-ra] | 3 ban2: Lu-dingira |
| 7 | 1(barig) en#-[um-i3-li2] | 60 litres (of barley for) Enum-ili |
| 8 | 1(barig) szu-x-[...] | 60 litres (of barley for) |
| 9 | zah3 u2-na-[...] | The fugitive ... |
| 10 | lu2 azlag2-me# | the fullers |
| 11 | 1(barig) lu2-du10-ga# | 60 litres (of barley for) Lu-duga |
| 12 | 3(ban2) isz-ma-sze-[en] | 3 ban2: Išmašen |
| 13 | 3(ban2) ARAD2-{d}szara2 | 3 ban2: Warad-Šara |
| 14 | aszgab-me | weavers |
| 15 | 1(barig) ah-dam-i3-li2 | 60 litres (of barley for) Ahdam-ilī |
| 16 | 1(ban2) dumu-nita2-ni | 1 ban2: his son |
| 17 | zah3 szu#?-{d}szara2 | pig of Šu-Šara |
| 18 | ($ blank space $) ga-a-mu | I want to say: |
| 19 | 3(ban2) e-we-ni | 3 ban2 Ewēni, |
| 20 | 1(barig) ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da} | 60 litres (of barley for) Ur-Lugalbanda |
| 21 | 3(ban2) ri-is,-dingir | 3 ban2: Riṣ-ilī |
| 22 | 3(ban2) i-ri-ib | 3 ban2: Erib; |
| 23 | 3(ban2) a-lu#-lu | 3 ban2: Allulu |
| 24 | 4(ban2) a#-[da]-lal3# | 4 ban2 Adalal |
| 25 | [n] 5(disz) [sila3?] [...] | ... 5 qû |
| 26 | [...] | |
| 27 | [...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | sag-rig7#-[me] | are presented. |
| 2 | 1(barig) ba-za# | 60 litres (of barley for) Baza |
| 3 | 1(barig) lu2-{d}en-ki | 60 litres (of barley for) Lu-Enki |
| 4 | 4(ban2) ur-{d}iszkur | 4 ban2: Ur-Addu; |
| 5 | 2(ban2) lugal-inim-du10 | 2 ban2: Lugal-inimdu; |
| 6 | zah3 nig2-u2-rum | pig of Niĝum |
| 7 | ma2-lah5#-me | we are boatmen |
| 8 | 1(barig) ur-ku3-nun-na | 60 litres (of barley for) Ur-kugnuna |
| 9 | 1(barig) gi-na | 60 litres (of barley) |
| 10 | 5(ban2) ur-{d}saman4 | 5 ban2: Ur-Saman; |
| 11 | 5(ban2) ur2-ra-ni | 5 ban2: Urrani; |
| 12 | 5(ban2) ur-{d}szakkan2 | 5 ban2, Ur-Šakkan; |
| 13 | 5(ban2) ur-{d}hal-mu-sza | 5 ban2: Ur-Ḫalmuša; |
| 14 | u2-il2-[me] | they carried. |
| 15 | 3(ban2) nin-ma2-[gur8-re] | 3 ban2: Nin-magure |
| 16 | 3(ban2) szesz-kal#-[la] | 3 ban2: Šeškalla |
| 17 | nar-me# | singers |
| 18 | 3(ban2) a-da-ga# | 3 ban2 Adaga |
| 19 | 3(ban2) gu-na-[na] | 3 ban2 of Gunana |
| 20 | 3(ban2) asz-du-am3# | 3 ban2 of emmer |
| 21 | 3(ban2) um-bi-mu-usz# | 3 ban2: Umbimuš |
| 22 | 1(barig)#? zu-an-na | 60 litres (of barley for) Zuanna |
| 23 | n geme2-{d}nin-mug | n (for) Geme-Ninmug |
| 24 | [...] sila3 lu2#-{d}inanna | ... sila3 of Lu-Inanna |
| 25 | [...] nin#-me-a-ni x | ... his mistress |
| 26 | [...] a-ku-x-[...] | ... I ... |
| 27 | [...] sze?-[...] | ... barley(?) |
| 28 | x x [...] | |
| 29 | 5(ban2) [...] | 5 ban2 ... |
| 30 | [...] | |
| 31 | 2(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3# [...] | 2 gur 4 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3 |
| 32 | [...] | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 3(ban2) ut-tum# | 3 ban2 Uttum |
| 2 | 3(ban2) szesz-kal#-[la] i3#-du8 e2 tum-[ma]-al#-la{ki} | 3 ban2: Šeškalla, doorkeeper of the house of Tummal |
| 3 | 9(asz) gur 2(barig) sila3 zi3-ta | 9 gur 2 barig flour, |
| 4 | zi3#-bi# 1(asz) 4(barig) gur | its flour: 1 gur 4 barig |
| 5 | nam-ra-ak-me | he will be killed. |
| 6 | sze-ba ansze ku3-bi | its barley: donkeys, its silver; |
| 7 | ge#-ra#-nu#-um#-sze3 | for Geranum |
| 8 | [...]-sze3 | to ... |
| 9 | 2(asz) zi3 sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2 | 2 gur of fine flour for a k-equid |
| 10 | 1(barig) dida saga# | 1 barig fine dida beer |
| 11 | 1(ban2) sila3 zi3 1(barig) esza | 1 ban2 sila3 flour, 1 barig eša flour, |
| 12 | siskur2 {d}nanna | offering of Nanna |
| 13 | 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 2(ban2) sze-bi | 1 ban2 5 sila3 flour, 2 ban2 its barley: |
| 14 | 3(barig) sila3 zi3 sig15 1(barig) sila3 esza | 3 barig sila₃: flour and fine flour; 1 barig eša-flour; |
| 15 | ge-ra-nu-um-sze3 | to Geranum |
| 16 | 3(barig) sila3 zi3 gum | 3 barig sila3 gum flour |
| 17 | 1(barig) zi3 1(barig) esza | [1 barig] flour, 1 barig esha-flour, |
| 18 | sa2-du11 {d}sza-u-sza | regular offerings of Šaušu |
| 19 | 5(disz) sila3 dabin sa | 5 sila3 of coarse flour, |
| 20 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3 e2-e# szum2 | 5 sila3 of flour for the house, onions |
| 21 | 2(asz) dabin [gur] | 2 gur of dabin flour |
| 22 | 2(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) [...] | 2 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 |
| 23 | 2(asz) [n ...] du | 2 ..., regular quality |
| 24 | 5(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 | 5 (gur) 2 barig 5 ban2 5 sila3 |
| 25 | [...] | |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | kasz-kam sa2-du11 nita2 | beer, regular offering of a man |
| 2 | 2(asz) dabin gur | 2 gur of dabin flour, |
| 3 | 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur | 2 gur 3 barig 2 ban2 barley, |
| 4 | 1(asz) gu2 szim saga | 1 talent fine aromatics, |
| 5 | 2(asz) gu2 szim du | 2 talents of regular aromatics, |
| 6 | 3(ban2) szesz 6(disz) ma-na szim du | 3 ban2 emmer, 6 mana of regular aromatics, |
| 7 | kasz-kam sa2-du11 munus | beer, regular offering of a woman |
| 8 | ($ blank space $) 2(asz) 2(barig) sze gur | 2 gur 2 barig barley, |
| 9 | szunigin 1(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur | total: 18 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 barley, |
| 10 | szunigin 5(asz) 5(disz) gur 2(barig) 1(ban2) sila3 zi3 sig15 | total: 5 gur 5 ban2 2 barig 1 ban2 fine flour |
| 11 | szunigin n sila3 esza | total: n sila3 eša-flour, |
| 12 | [...] sila3 zi3 sig15 | ... sila₃ fine flour |
| 13 | [...] dida saga | ... good dida-beer |
| 14 | 2(asz) gu2 szim saga | 2 talents of fine aromatics, |
| 15 | 4(asz) gu2 1(u) 2(disz) ma-na szim du | 4 talents 12 minas of regular aromatics, |
| 16 | iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu | month: “Festival-of-Ninazu,’ |
| 17 | mu ma2-dara3-abzu {d}en-ki ba-ab#-du8 | year: “Ma-dara-abzu of Enki was caulked. |
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