Tablillas Sumerias

SUMERIAN
TABLETS FROM UMMA

IN
THE
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY

MANCHESTER
TRANSCRIBED, TRANSLITERATED, AND TRANSLATED BY
BEDALE, M.A.
C. L.
LECTURER
IN
ASSYR1OLOGY
IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
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C. H.
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MASTER OF
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Obv.
No. 8 Rev.
No.
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No. 23 Obv.
No. 39 Rev.
No. 49 Obv.
No. 36 Obv.
No. 51 Obv.
No. 56 Obv.
No. 54 Obv.
SUMERIAN
TABLETS FROM UMMA
IN
THE

MANCHESTER
TRANSCRIBED, TRANSLITERATED, AND TRANSLATED BY
C. L.
LECTURER
IN
BEDALE, M.A.
ASSYRIOLOGY
IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
WITH A FOREWORD BY
C. H.
W. JOHNS, M.A.,
MASTER OF
ST.
Lrrr.D.
CATHERINE'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
WITH TEN PLATES
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PREFACE
THE John Rylands
Library is noted as a gathering-place of students and

scholars attracted, not only from different parts of the United Kingdom but also
from other countries, by its treasures and by the opportunities which it affords
and research. Most fortunate of all are the members of the Victoria
University and others living in the neighbourhood of Manchester, who, by the
generosity of the Governors of the Library, have ready access to the abundant
for study
materials for research in the various branches of learning. Among these are
the members of a little group of students whom the late Professor Hope W. Hogg
introduced some ten or twelve years ago to the fascinating study of Assyriology.
For here they find not only an abundant and ever-increasing supply of the
literature dealing with the subject, but also a collection of tablets which still
await decipherment and so provide a stimulus to original work. It was originally
the hope of the writer to assist Professor Hogg in editing the group of tablets
from which a number have been selected for publication in this volume.
Professor Hogg's death, however, whereby British Assyriology sustained an
Mr. Guppy then entrusted the work to
irreparable loss, destroyed this hope.
the present editor, and the Reverend Canon C. H. W. Johns, Master of
St. Catherine's College, Cantbridge, kindly promised his assistance and advice.
This promise he has generously
giving ungrudgingly both of his time

and of his knowledge whenever his counsel has been sought.
To Mr. Guppy, also, the editor is greatly indebted for his unfailing kindness
and courtesy, and
fulfilled,
for the provision of
every
facility for the
completion of the
work.
C. L.
MANCHESTER,
May
1915.
BEDALE.
FOREWORD
THE
texts of a
number
of tablets from
Umma, acquired for the John Rylands

Professor H. W. HOGG, are here copied,
Library by the foresight of the late

transcribed, and translated by the Reverend C. L. BEDALE, one of his pupils.
These copies may be thoroughly relied upon as accurate renderings of the
original texts.
The tablets are written in the
Sumerian language, and the personal names

are, with few exceptions, Sumerian and of the type familiar in the texts from
Telloh, Drehem, Nippur, &c. of the same period. A valuable collection of the
Telloh names will be found in P. ENGELBERT HUBER'S work, Die Personennamen
in
den Keilschrifttirkunden aus der Zeit der Konige von
Ur und
Isin (Leipzig,
would occur at
C. Hinrichs, 1907).
But it was to be expected that new names
Umma, and these are a welcome addition. It is also of interest to note the
J.
occurrence of a few Semitic names so far south in the Sumerian country.

The nature of the transactions recorded is much the same as that which
same
Most
of them, and all

The ancient
of them it may be, are what are usually called temple accounts
much as were the monasteries and other
Babylonian Temples were
characterizes the tablets from Telloh of the
period.
'
'.
organized
in
houses
our
Middle
religious
Ages.
They had
large estates which they

managed themselves. From these and the gifts of the faithful they received,
There was a number of
yearly, large revenues; mostly in natural products.
persons attached to the temple, priests, officers, and ministers of various sorts,
who lived at the expense of the temple. The temple stewards were bound to
amounts of food, and other allowances to the persons who had a customary
claim on the temple. They were also bound to keep account of what they
received and furnished in this way. Also the servants, slaves, shepherds, and
husbandmen on the estates received allowances for wages and for the maintenance
of the flocks and herds of the temple.
It was then the custom to write down a record of each transaction on behalf
of the temple and the stewards or their scribes gradually accumulated vast
numbers of these memoranda, which they used to enter up periodically on large
tablets, many of which survive, and may be regarded as ledgers giving both
From these accounts,
receipts and expenditure for months or years together.
furnish
FOREWORD
viii
could
we
exactly interpret them,
we should
gain a very clear notion of city
life
in Babylonia.
Any one who
has tried to study the various account books of the monasteries

in our own country will understand that in addition to the difficulties of decipherment, the entries even when read with certainty give rise to endless questions,
often insoluble. The entries are not written as consecutive prose, nor with regard
to literary rules of composition, but only with a view to conveying an intelligible
meaning to those versed in such accounts. Local names for commodities, local
measures, local saints or divinities, and many another detail will afford subjects
first editor must be content with
for research.
giving a reliable transcript.
Mr. BEDALE appears to have done
and
that can be expected of a first editor

for the elucidation of the obscurities which remain we must await the
all
publication of more documents of the same nature. Comparison with the similar
documents of the same period from other sites such as Drehem, Nippur, and
Telloh has already

patience
So
we
can,
far as I
made many
more
know,
a puzzle clear, but
we must
await, with
what
Umma tablets to be
made
Umma texts.
this is the first considerable lot of
available for study. I have reason to believe that thousands have reached the
Museums of Europe and America. These will, doubtless, ere long be published,
and it is much safer to wait for the light they must throw on the texts here given
than to attempt to force explanations with very inadequate sources of knowledge.

Sumerian is still very inadequately known, and it is a great mistake to suppose
that we can explain a compound word by our knowledge of its elements.
Like
no way to be
deduced from those of its] constituents. Much progress has been, and more will
be, made as the result of scientific study. Imaginative guessing is scarcely worth
It is not Mr. BEDALE'S fault, but a hopeful sign of his future success,
printing.
that he has left obscurities to the future and only tentatively suggested what
seemed reasonable enough, but may nevertheless be far from the truth.
It is very pleasant to see signs of our own scholars once more attacking
problems to which our own countrymen, Rawlinson, Hincks, G. Smith, and Sayce
once contributed so greatly. Trained in a severer school, and blessed with
a cautious disposition, the author has done what he could and is simply eager to
learn more from those who may take up his work. One can only trust that it
may be possible for him to devote his own energies to the revival of Assyriology
in England, and that he will not be left as his predecessors were to do the work
and pay for it as well.
C. H. W. JOHNS.
a chemical
compound
it
may
exhibit
all
sorts of characters in
CONTENTS
PAGES
PREFACE
FOREWORD
vii
INTRODUCTION
xi
DESCRIPTION OF THE TABLETS

LIST OF PROPER
xiii
NAMES
THE YEARS
THE MONTHS
TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION
**
PLATES
FACSIMILES OF TWELVE TABLETS IN COLLOTYPE
NINE PLATES OF HAND-COPIES OF THE TABLETS
Facing
,
Title
At
end
INTRODUCTION
THE
here copied and translated are part of a group of about two hundred
belonging to the John Rylands Library, Manchester. They have been selected for publication
because, with one exception, they contain the Umma month-names, a list of which was published
fifty-eight tablets
by M. Thureau-Dangin
in the
Revue
d' Assyria logic, vol. viii. p. 152
f.
period beginning with the forty-fourth year of Dungi and ending with
the third year of Ibi-Sin
no less than thirty of them being dated in the reign of the last-named
They extend over a
king.
As
have been arranged according to their contents.

1. Nos. 1-23
records of different kinds and quantities of food, either 'brought
out' for oxen, sheep, and asses.
far as possible the tablets
:
in' or
'given
'
(a)
For oxen (Nos.
The oxen
Sum.
Delitzsch,
The
1-6).
are divided into four classes: 'fine fat oxen' (gild nitdg stg; for sig =' fine' v.
Glos. p. 242), 'fat
oxen
'
'
'
nitdg),
food varies both in kind and in quantity for

se (barley), du-sig and du-du.
The element du
mentioned
'
oxen (gud} and young oxen (amar-gud).

the different classes.
Three kinds of food are
'
(gud
may denote some
preparation of
the
elements
grain (cf.
sig and du
perhaps
also occur in A. O. 5646 (R.A. viii. p. 156), where different amounts of kas-sig and ka$-du are
The daily allowance of food is as follows gud nitdg sig receive 6 ka of barley and
recorded.
:
4476 ^~ =
Br.
'
haSalu $a s$'im)
crushed grain
'
30 ka of du-sig;
gud
receive 14 ka of du-du;
amar-gud receive 6 ka of du-du.
The
usual
20 ka of du-sig, but once (No. 5, obv. 1. 2) it is 30 ka of du-sig, and

gud nitdg
once (No. 2, obv. 1. 5) 10 ka of du-sig and 10 ka of du-du while in No. 3, obv. 1. 4 and in No. 4
oxen of this class receive the allowance of oxen of the first class but possibly in these two cases
allowance for
is
the scribe should have written

(6)
For
Two
gud nitdg stg.
sheep (Nos. 7-23, except 16
and
20).
'
'
'
(udu nitdg sig] and fat sheep (udu

nitdg).
They receive the same kinds of food as the oxen, but in smaller quantities. The daily
allowance of barley was 1 f ka for udu nitdg stg and f ka for udu nitdg. From these two amounts
there
is
No.
classes of sheep are
mentioned
'
fine fat
sheep
no variation. In the case of du-sig and du-du however, no two amounts are
du alone is given possibly it is intended to cover both du-sig and du-du.
,
(c)
alike.
In
For
The
asses (Nos. 16, 20).
total
amounts of food
(barley) are given, but not the daily allowances.
records of quantities of barley, barley-meal (Nos. 38-40), dim (?) (No. 26),
and. gig (No. 31, obv. 1. 2)
brought in, or given out, by and to different persons, and for various
2.
Nos. 24-40
e.g. sowing (No. 32, obv. 11. 5, 8), wages (Nos. 32, obv.
many cases the purpose is not specified.
purposes
5).
In
In some cases
it
is
uncertain which of these two operations
1.
is
6, 36, 37),
implied.
loans (Nos. 33-
INTRODUCTION
xii
Nos. 41-7: records of various quantities of sa gi-zi for which the translation 'bundles
The meaning might be reed mats' or 'reed baskets', but against this
is
suggested.
the fact that in No. 42, rev. 1. 2, they are described as food for fat sheep'.
3.
'
of reeds'
'
is
This rendering
records of quantities of sheep-skins (?).

to the fact that the sign is not clear on any of the tablets.
Nos. 50-3
4.
is
uncertain owing
These are described in No. 58, rev. 1. i, as

Nos. 56-8: records of groups of websters.
The meaning of gi-fl, and, presumably,
gi-fl (or ga-tu)-mal, and in Nos. 56 and 57 as gi-zi-tl-mal.
of gi-zi-fl, is kuduru, dupSifcku (turban). The rendering suggested for the phrase is makers of
5.
'
turbans (of reeds)
'.
The remaining
6.
(No. 49), a payment
four tablets deal with different things date-wine (No. 48), sheep
of silver (No. 54), butter and cheese (No. 55).
:
The
and kids
following officials are mentioned: patesi (Nos. 15, 39), grand vizier (sukkal-mag
Nos. 50, 53), royal baker
No. 20), overseer, or scribe (pa Nos. 27, 47, 56-8), baker (niu
No.
No.
steward
(mu lugal\
20),
(glr passim). Only three
50), royal messenger (lu-ltin-gi-a-lugal
;
of the
'
stewards
'
are mentioned
more than
once,
viz.
Adda Anarnar, who seems

;
nitdg sig (e.g. No.
19).
have been
udu nitdg which formed the

and Ur- Mami, who performed the same duties for the udu
responsible for the receipt and giving out of the food for the
'regular offering' (e.g. No. 17);
to

Note
The
up.
1.
2.
v.g.
30 x 25 x
Condition
cl.
f.
cl.
rev.
11.
fair,
'
= inscribed,
si.
chipped; lined;
tablet in millimetres.
inscription
drawn by
lined' refers to lines
2,
fairly
inscr.
si.
slightly
v.g.
inscr. cl.
g.
obv.
rev.
X30X
10; 31
Condition
g.
(rev.)
Ir.
11.
4,
si.
chipped
34x31
9;
6.
g.
rev.
down middle
corner, middle
r.
27 x 26 x 13.
Obv. Ir. 1. corner broken
(rev.)
lined
inscr. 5
11.
(obv.)
+6
(rev.)
inscr.
cl.
lined
inscr.
11.
(obv.)
1.
r.
edge chipped
inscr. cl.
lined
11.
10;
1 1
+5
(rev.)
inscr.
4 (obv.)
14.
si.
inscr.
chipped;
cl.
lined;
inscr.
11.
+4
(obv.)
(rev.)
7;
Ir. 1. corner
rev. up. 1. corner broken and chipped
chipped r.
=
11.
8
10
18
elsewhere
cl.
inscr.
inscr.
lined;
40 x 33 x 15.
edge chipped;
(rev.)
(obv.)+
=
Condition g. si. cracked; inscr. cl. lined; 11. inscr. 7 (obv.) + 7 (rev.)
14; 40 x 34 x 15.
x
Condition g. inscr. f. cl. lined 11. inscr. 8 (obv.) + 5 (rev.) = 13
30 x 12.
33
SI. cracked; obv. 11. i, 2, rev. 11. 4, 6 chipped; inscr. f. cl.
lined; 11. inscr. 4 (obv.) + 6 (rev.)
= 10 33 x 30 x 14.
;
9.
14.
rev.
cracked
si.
5.
7.
lower
14.
Condition
8.
+5
inscr. 5 (obv.)
11.
Ir.
scribe.
14.
Condition
+5
inscr.
f.
left
1.
Condition v.g.
=
4.
= very good g. = good =

= right
=
= clear
r.
upper ;
33x31
3.
end of each description denote length x breadth x thickness of the
figures at the
Abbreviations
10.
Condition
g.
36X35X
13.
obv.
1.
n. Several chips on obv. and

lined;
12.
Obv.
=
13.
11.
1.
2,
14.
Obv.
inscr.
1.
6 (obv.)
g.
33X32X
13.
6.
Condition
g.
17.
31 x 31 x
Condition
30 x 29 x
8.
Obv.
1.
19.
Obv.
1.
rev.
bottom,
rev. condition g.
1.
7 (rev.)
r.
1.
37*35><
12;
(rev.)
and
(rev.)
corner broken;
r.
corner, up.
r.
+5
inscr.
13;
cl.
f.
lined;
inscr. 7
11.
(obv.)+
(rev.)
inscr.
cl.
rev.
Ir.
edge chipped; lined;
11.
inscr.
15-
2 illegible; rev.
13; 40 x 34 x
edge
si.
chipped
edge
si.
cracked;
edge chipped; many signs obscure; lined;
Ir.
11.
15.
inscr.
cl.
lined
inscr.
cl.
lined;
11.
inscr.
4 (obv.)
+3
(rev.)
11.
inscr.
+2
(rev.)
(obv.)
7;
13.
f.
obv.
1.
i,
rev.
1.
chipped;
inscr.
f.
cl.
f.
cl.
lined;
11.
inscr.
lined;
11.
inscr. 5 (obv.)
(obv.)
+3
(rev.)
14.
4 chipped; rev. badly chipped

x
x
29
14.
27
5
Ir.
8 (obv.)
inscr.
11.
15.
chipped; rev.
Condition
6 (rev.)
5.
lined;
Obv. mostly obscured;

6 (obv.)
rev.
cl.
8 (obv.)+ 1 1 (rev.) = 19 47 x 42 x 16.

rev. 11. 9, 10 and 1. edge si. chipped; inscr. f. cl.
inscr.
37x31
18;
inscr.
chipped;
chipped; rev. badly chipped;

35 x 35 x 14.
= 8;
inscr.
inscr.
moderately
cl.
lined;
11.
inscr.
2 (rev.)
(obv.)
7;
+3
xiv
Condition v.g. inscr. cl. lined 11.

Obv. 11. 3, 4 chipped; r. and rev.
20.
21.
(rev.)
(obv.)
g.
+3
Ir.
2 (rev.)
inscr.
edges chipped;
cl.
26 x 24 x
lined;
10.
inscr.
11.
4 (obv.)
+5
30x25x12.
9;
Condition
22.
inscr. 5 (obv.)
rev.
(rev.)
edge has deep cut affecting

37 x 34 x 14.
Ir.
= 9
last sign; inscr.
cl.
lined;
11.
inscr.
lined
11.
inscr. 5 (obv.) + 5 (rev.)
inscr. cl
23. R. edge si. chipped, otherwise condition g.
= 10; 34X32X 14.
inscr. f. cl.
rev. four or five seal impressions (illegible)
24. Obv. 11. 3, 4 and Ir. edge chipped
=
unlined 11. inscr. 6 (obv.) + 2 (rev.)
8 36 x 38 x 1 1.
;
25. Condition
26. Condition
6;
v.g.
v.g.
38x 37x
Obv.
27.
1.
unlined
29.
Obv.
Ir.
11.
inscr. 5 (obv.)
= 6
(rev.)
rev. seal impression (legible)
32 x 30 x
inscr. cl.
13.
unlined
otherwise condition v.g. rev. seal impression (illegible) bet.

+ 3 (rev.) = 8 38 x 35 x 14.
;
inscr.
cl.
11.
inscr.
and
11.
lined
corner broken,
r.
up.
lined
inscr. 5 (obv.)
11.
cl.
obv. only inscr.
5 chipped,
33X35X
30.
inscr.
12.
28. Condition v.g.
Obv.
1.
11.
+4
inscr. 3 (obv.)
chipped
inscr.
cl.
lined
(rev.)
11.
42 x 36 x
16.
inscr.
4 (obv.)
+3
(rev.)
inscr.
+5
(rev.)
15-
corner broken,
r.
38x35x
1.
chipped
inscr.
cl.
f.
lined
11.
(obv.)
= 9
13.
35.
Obv. 1. edge broken; inscr. f. cl. lined; 11. inscr. 6 (obv.) + 5 (rev.) = n 38 x 40 x 15.
Obv. and rev. chipped, esp. Ir. half of rev. inscr. in many places obscure lined, and vertical
= 13 48 x 39 x 17.
line down middle of obv.
11. inscr. 8
(obv.) + 5 (rev.)
Obv. 1. 4, rev. 1. 3 chipped inscr. blurred, esp. rev. 11. 2, 3, by seal impressions, of which
there are 5 on obv. and 4 on rev., all illegible unlined 11. inscr. 4 (obv.) + 3 (rev.) = 7
40 x 38 x ii.
Obv. 1. 2 blurred, 1. 3 chipped rest of inscr. f. cl. rev. seal impression (illegible) between 11.
i and 2
unlined 11. inscr. 4 (obv.) + 2 (rev.) = 6 38 x 40 x 1 3.
Obv. si. cracked; 1. edge chipped; inscr. cl. lined; 11. inscr. 4 (obv.)+i (rev.) = 5;
36.
32 x 30 x
Condition
31.
32.
33.
34.
unlined
12.
g.
rev. up. corner
inscr. 5 (obv.)
11.
37. Condition g.
inscr.
f.
cl.
si.
+2
cracked
(rev.)
inscr.
f.
cl.
45 x 45 x
rev.
two
7.
obv. two, rev. one seal impression
4 (obv.) + 3 (rev.) = 7 41 x 40 x 1 2.
Obv. Ir. r. corner broken and chipped
seal impressions (illegible)
(all illegible)
unlined
11.
inscr.
38.
illegible)
unlined
39. Condition g.
inscr.
inscr. 3 (obv.)
11.
cl.
1.
inscr.
+2
f.
(rev.)
cl.
obv. five seal impressions, rev. one
(all
34 x 36 x u.
rev. seal impression (legible)
unlined
11.
inscr.
(obv.)
+2
(rev.)
6; 37 x 36 x 12.
rev.
40. Condition g.
x
x
40 34 15.
;
41
Obv. up.
r.
(rev.)
si.
chipped
r.
edge, rev.
x
30 29 x 10.
corner,
Ir. r.
inscr.
corner
cl.
si.
lined
chipped
11.
inscr.
inscr.
cl.
(obv.)
lined
+5
11.
(rev.)
inscr. 6 (obv.)
unlined 11. inscr. 5 (obv.)

seal impressions (illeg.) on obv. and rev.
x
x
13.
43 46
(rev.)
11.
inscr.
inscr. obscure
obv. four seal impressions, rev. three unlined
43. Badly broken
=
8
x
x
1
+
4 (obv.) 4 (rev.)
3.
43 43
42.
Condition
+5
g.
inscr. cl.
10

44. Condition g.
34 x 28 x
45. Condition
35 x 33 *
g.
37X36x
;
r.
si.
edge
inscr.
f.
chipped
cl.
inscr.
lined;
cl.
f.
f.
g.
52.
Obv.
cl.
lined
inscr. 3
1.
(obv.)+
inscr.
4 (obv.)
+3
(rev.)
inscr.
(rev.)
11.
11.
small hole
(rev.)
lined
(obv.)
4; 30 x 28 x
inscr.
11.
si.
not
cl.
11.
Ir.
i,
f.
cl.
cracked
lined;
11.
chipped; several
lined
si.
part
inscr.
chipped;
2, 3, 4, rev.
inscr.
1.
17.
+4
(obv.)
(rev.)
inscr.
11.
4 (obv.)
f.
cl.
inscr. 5 (obv.)
si.
inscr.
inscr. 5 (obv.)
lined
+5
11.
+2
inscr.
(rev.)
cracks; illegible
= 6 29 x 28 x 13.
2 (rev.)
+7
6 (obv.)
10; 27 x 26 x 12.
marks between 11. 2 and
(rev.)
both sides
seal impressions
cut across last sign, 1. 2 chipped; rev. 1. i chipped, 1. 2 blurred, 11.

26 x 23 x 13.
inscr. f. cl.
lined 11. inscr. 4 (obv.) + 5 (rev.) = 9
1. i
last sign, 1. 2 chipped
cut
Obv.
f. cl.,
rev.
across
condition
inscr.
54.
g.,
53.
Obv.
;
inscr.
+6
Rev.
obv.
lined
r.
inscr.
51.
11.
cl.
edge deeply indented, not broken

= 10 48 x 37 x 13.
4 (obv.)
(rev.)
obv. 11. 4, 5 si. chipped inscr. cl. lined 11.
small cracks
11.
33x31 xi3.
Obv. up. 1. corner chipped,
= 13; 41 x 34 x 15.
(rev.)
2,
11.
obv.
50.
11.
inscr.
15.
Numerous
49. Condition
chipped
14-
47. Condition
unlined
si.
edge
15.
46. Condition g.
48.
r.
xv
5 chipped;
3, 4,
4 (obv.) + 2 (rev.) = 6 37 x 35 x 15.

Condition
obv. 1. 2 si. hole; obv. four, rev. three, seal impressions
55.
g.
unlined 11. inscr. 4 (obv.) + 4 (rev.) = 8
51x42x13.
lined
11.
inscr.
Obv.
Ir.
r.
corner
inscr. 5 (obv.)
57. Condition
58.
inscr.
cl.
56.
(illegible)
g.
Obv. 11. 3, 4,
29 x 28 x 17.
+4
= 9
(rev.)
inscr.
rev.
broken
si.
1.
f.
cl.
4,
r.
rev.
up.
32 x 32 x
lined;
11.
r.
corner chipped
inscr.
moderately
cl.
lined
11.
13.
inscr. 5 (obv.)
edge chipped;
inscr.
f.
+4
(rev.)
cl.
lined;
9; 32 x 30 x 14.
11.
inscr. 5 (obv.)
+4
(rev.)
= 9;
NAMES
LIST OF PROPER
i.
Persons.
Lii- Dun-gi-ra, 33, 34.
A.O. 5648 (R.A. viii. p. 52 ff).

Lugal-e-mag-e, 34, 36, 38 A.O. 5648 (R.A.
A-ab-ba-mu, 40.
Lu-pal-sig, 31
A-a-kal-la, 46.
Ab-ba-gi-na, 2
A.O. $66o(R.A. viii.
p.
5646 (R.A.
8,
viii. p.
10,
n,
A.O. 5646
(^.^4.
nar-nar (R.A. viii.
152
ff.).
p.
152
ff).
Lugal-gar-si-e, 17, 50, 53, 55 (seal);
cf.
R.A.
xi. i, p. 27.
17, 18, 21,

viii.
viii. p.
52 ff.).
Ad-da, 24, 25, 26, 35, 40, 53, 56, 57; A.O.
A-nar-nar,
152
22, 23,
30;
Lugal-ka-zi, 24.
cf.
Igi-
Lugal-sib-a-za, 27.
ff.);
Lugal-[
p. 87).
An-ki, 36.
Lugal
]-e,
.
32, 54.
ga-ni, 37.
An-na-gi-li-bi, 42.
Mu-u-ma-ni, 24.
Ba-an-sag, 26.
Ba-sag, 49.
Nannar-en-zu, 16.
Ni-kal-la, 47, 50, 56, 57, 58.
Ba-sig, 50.
Bf-it,
42;
cf.
Bi-it-tu,
Trouv. Drdhcm 5508.

Pa-gar-gar-e-ne,
Da-a-ga, 37.
(if
a proper name) 3 1
Ri-dam, 28.
Da-a-gi, 40.
Da-da-a, 35
A.O. 5646 (R.A.
viii. p.
152
ff.).
Tu-ni-mu,
14, 28.
Dingir-sukkal, 14.
Tur-am-1-lf, 16.
6-gal-e-si, 27.
tJ-ma-ni, 29.
-ur-bi-gi, 54.
Ud-d X,
44.
Ur-am-ma,
32.
Gimil-1-li, 20.
Ur-an-ma, 42.
Gis-ba(?)-nig-ni, 55.
Ur-d Babbar,
29.
Ur-d Dun-pa-e',
32.
Ur-gis-ginar, 32, 50, 53
Gu-pi-pi, 42.
A.O. 5646 (R.A.

Ka-dingir-ra, 16.
Ur- d Ma-mi,
Ka-''X, 42.
Ur-mi-ku, 27.
Ur-sukkal, 50.
Lu-dingir-ra, 14, 50, 53.
Lu- d Dun-gi,
Uru, 36.
32.
cf.
viii. p.
Lugal-gis-ginar,
152
ff).
7, 13, 19, 21, 22, 23, 30.
Ki-gu-du-du, 50.
Ur-ur, 25.
SUMERIAN TABLETS
Uru-mu,
28.
d
X-kam, 39d
X-mu-du, 23.
d
d
2.
Deities.
d
d
d
Bur-Sin, 51.
DU(?).
Dun-gi, 51.
En-lil, 52.
Gimil-Sin, 51.
Gu-la, 46.
Nin-ib, 52.
Nin-ir-ra, 18, 51.
X,8, 10,24.
THE YEARS
Dungi.
Year 44
45
46
47
55
,,
57
58
mu An-sa-an-ki ba-gul. 37, 49.

mu us-sa An-sa-an-ki ba-gul. 25.
mu u3-sa An-sa-an-ki ba-gul mu us-sa-bi. 24.
mu bad ba-du (or 4th year of Gimil-Sin ?). 26.
mu us-sa Si-mu-ru-um-ki Lu-lu-bu-um-ki a-du g-kam
mu u3-sa Ki-mas-ki ba-gul. 42.
mu us-sa Ki-mas-ki ba-gul mu us-sa-bi. 27.
ba-gul.
36.
Bur-Sin.
Year
,,
4
8
mu d Bur- d Sin lugal. 28.

mu en-[unu]-gal An-na ba-su.
mu en Erida-ki ba-su. 16, 33,
54.
34, 38.
Gimil-Sin.
Year
4
9
mu us-sa Si-ma-num-ki ba-gul. 39.

mu bdd Mar-tu ba-du. 48 (also 26 ?).
mu e- d X ba-du. 14, 15, 29, 50.
mu d X e [sic] Gis-ug-ki ba-du. 41.
Ibi-Sin.
Year
mu
mu
mu
mu
mu
I-bi-
Sin lugal.
3, 10, 17,
18, 19, 43, 47, 51, 52, 56, 57, 58.
lnnana Unug-ki mas-e-ni-pad.

d
us-sa en [Innana] mas-e-ni-pad.
en
d
i, 2, 4, 5, 6,
23.
Sin lugal-e Si-mu-ru-um-ki [ba-gul].

Si-mu-ru-um-ki ba-gul.
7, 8, 9.
Year not given

Year illegible
:
I-bi-
31, 35, 40, 45, 46, 53.
32.
13.
1,
12, 20, 21, 22, 30, 44, 55.
THE MONTHS
Cf.
Thureau-Dangin
R.A.
itu
viii.
p.
152
ff.
se-kin-kud
itu sfg
24, 29; y4.6>. 5653.
23; A.O. 5648.
giS-i-ub ba-gar
itu Se-kar-ra-gal
8,
itu
RI
itu
Su-numun
itu
min-ab
A.O. 5660.
4;
20
11, 26, 35, 37,
^4.(7.
39;
5646.
A.O. 5649.
^4.C>.
5654.
13, 21, 27, 28, 30, 38, 40,
54;
A.O. 5655itu e-itu-as
3, 6, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 31,
32
itu
36,43, 55; A.O. 5651.
Ne-giin
2, 9, 12, 25, 33, 44,
58;
A.O. 5650.
itu
Ezen d Dun-gi
i, 7,
19, 47. 56,
57!
^4.a 5662.
itu pa-ii-e
45, 46, 49- 50, 51, 52, 53;
A.O. 5652.
itu
Dumu-zi
itu dirig
A.O. 5647.
34,
48
15,
42; A.O. 5661.

1
1.
gud nitdg sig 6 ka se 30 ka du-sig-ta (2) 2 gud nitag 20 ka du-sig-ta (3) 5 gud 14 ka
du-du-ta (4) 3 amar-gud 6 ka dii-du-ta (5) ud 29-511
REV. (i) su-nigin i gur 222 ka se gur (2) su-nigin 12 gur 170 ka du sig gur (3) su-nigin 8 gur 152
d
ka du-du gur (4) itu Ezen d Dun-gi (5) mu en lnnana Unug-ki mas-e-ni-pdd.
OBV.
(i)
gur 222 ka of barley, 12 gur 170 ka of du-stg, 8 gur 152 ka of du-du the total amounts
of food for 3 fine fat oxen at 6 ka of barley, 30 ka of du-stg each per day, 2 fat oxen at 20 ka of
du-stg each per day, 5 oxen at 14 ka of du-du each per day, and 3 young oxen at 6 ka of du-du
i
each per day, for a period of 29 days.
Date
2nd year of Ibi-Sin
month Ezen d Dun-gi.
2.
ka se 30 ka du-sig-ta (2) i gud nitd 20 ka du-sig-ta (3) ud 17-511 (4) 3

gud nitdg sig 6 ka se 30 ka du-sig-ta (5) 2 gud nitdg 10 ka du-sig 10 ka du-du-ta
REV. (i) ud 12-su (2) su-nigin i gur 222 ka se gur (3) su-nigin 10 gur 190 ka du-sig gur (4) sud
d
nigin 240 ka du-du (5) itu Ne-giin (6) mu en lnnana Unug-ki mds-e-ni-pdd.
OBV.
gud nitdg
(i) 3
sig 6
gur 222 ka of barley, 10 gur 190 ka of du-stg, 240 ka of du-du the total amounts of food
oxen at 6 ka of barley 30 ka of du-sig each per day, and i fat ox at 20 ka of du-stg
per day, for a period of 1 7 days and for 3 fine fat oxen at 6 ka of barley 30 ka of du-stg each per
day, and 2 fat oxen at 10 ka of du-sig 10 ka of du-du each per day, for a period of 12 days.
i
for 3 fine fat
Date
2nd year of Ibi-Sin
month
Ne-giin.
3.
OBV. (1)4 gud nitdg sig 6 ka se 30 ka du-sig-ta (2) i gud nitdg 20 ka du-sig-ta
2
nitdg 6 ka se 30 ka du-sig-ta (5) i gud nitdg 20 ka du-sig-ta
REV.
(i)
ud
23-311 (2) sii-nigin
itu-as (5)
mu
I-bi-
gur 282 ka se gur
(3)
su-nigin
1 1
(3)
ud
7-311 (4)
gur 210 ka du-sig gur
gud
(4) itu e-
Sin lugal.
gur 282 ka of barley, 1 1 gur 210 ka of du-sig the total amounts of food for 4 fine fat oxen
at 6 ka of barley 30 ka of du-stg each per day, and i fat ox at 20 ka of du-sig per day, for a period
of 7 days and for 3 fat oxen at 6 ka of barley 30 ka of du-stg each per day, and i fat ox at
i
20 ka of du-stg per day, for a period of 23 days.
Date
1
ist
The method
year of Ibi-Sin
of transliteration
Delitzsch, Sumerisches Glossar.
month
employed
-itu-as.
is
that
of
The amount of
the daily allowance suggests the omis-
sion of sig by scribal error.
SUMERIAN TABLETS
4.
OBV.
1
gud nitag 6 ka
ud 9-su
(r) 2
(4)
REV.
(2)
ud 2o-su
gud
(3) 3
6 ka Se 30 ka du-sig-ta
nitag
2
gur IO3 ka Se gur (2) su-nigin 6 gur 210 ka du-sig gur
d
Se-kar-ra-gal (5) mu en lnnana Unug-ki mas-e-ni-[pad].
(i) Sii-nigin
itu
ka du-sig-ta
Se 30
(3) Sa-gal
gud
nitag (4)
3
2
gur iO3 ka of barley, 6 gur 210 ka of du-sig the total amounts of food for 2 fat oxen at
6 ka of barley 30 ka of du-stg each per day, for a period of 20 days and for 3 fat oxen 3 at 6 ka of
barley 30 ka of du-sig each per day, for a period of 9 days.
Date 2nd year of Ibi-Sin month $e-kar-ra-gdl.
i
5.
4
nitag sig 6 ka Se 30 ka dii -ta (2) i
REV. (i) Sti-nigin i gur 222 ka Se gur (2) sii-nigin
OBV.
gud
(i) 3
gud
4
nitdg 30 ka du -ta (3)
gur 180 ka du-sig gur
1 1
ud
29-311
(3) itu
RI
(4)
mu
en
lnnana Unug-ki maS-e-ni-pad.
i
gur 222 ka of barley, 1 1 gur 180 ka of du-stg the total amounts of food for 3 fine fat oxen
ka of barley 30 ka of du-stg each per day, and for i fat ox at 30 ka of du-sig per day, for a
period of 29 days.
Date 2nd year of Ibi-Sin month RI,
at 6
6.
4 gud 14 ka du-du-ta (2) i amar-gud 6 ka du-du-ta (3) ud 2-su (4) 7 + x gud 14 ka du-du
(5) i amar-gud 6 ka du-du (6) [ud] 6-su (7) x gud 14 ka du-du-ta (8) x amar-gud 6 ka du-du
REV. (i) [ud x] -Su (2) \x gud 14] ka du-du-ta (3) [i amar-gud 6] ka du-du-ta (4) ud i-su (5) x gud
OBV.
(i)
14 ka du-du
(6)
(9) [itu e]-itu-as
Total amount
amar-gud 6 ka du-du (7) ud 19-511 (8) su-nigin

d
(10) [mu] en lnnana Unug-ki mas-e-ni-pad.
i
gur
x+
of du-du for four lots of oxen and young oxen

ance for the former being 14 ka, for the latter 6 ka.
Date 2nd year of Ibi-Sin month $-ii
(illegible)
52 ka du-du gur
the daily allow-
7.
OBV.
(i)
43 udu nitag
(5) du-sig-bi
REV.
sig i|
ka
58 ka 3 gin
(6)
ka
gin du-sig-ta (3) 10 gin du-du-ta

du-du-bi 7 ka 10 gin (7) ud i-kam ud 3O-u
se-ta (2) i|
ka se gur (2) su-nigin 5 gur 241! ka du-sig

udu nitag sig (5) gir Ur-d Ma-mi (6) itu Ezen d Dun-gi (7)
(i) Su-nigin 6 gur 135

(4)
a-gal
(4) se-bi
64! ka
215 ka du-du
(3) su-nigin
mu
6 gur 135 ka of barley, 5 gur 24 1| ka of du-sig, 215 ka of du-du the total amounts of food
43 fine fat sheep, for a period of 30 days, at i| ka of barley, i| ka i gin of du-stg and 10 gin
of dii-du each per day the daily totals being 64! ka of barley, 58 ka 3 gin of du-stg and 7 ka 10
for
gin of du-du
Date
1
gud
*
steward Ur-d Ma-mi.
3rd year of Ibi-Sin
The amount
of food suggests that the reading should be
3
'
nildfe sig.
Should be 102
ka.
Probably for
For du-sig.
'
fine fat
oxen
'.
8.
OBV.
30-311 (7) se-bi
REV.
(i) du-du-bi 5
itu
f ka se-ta (3) f ka 6 gin du-sig-ta (4) | ka du-du-ta

2 gur 1 50 ka gur (8) du-sig-bi 6 gur 1 50 ka gur
150 udu nitag
(i)
(5)
mu
(2)
gur (2) sa-gal udu nitag sa-dug

X u sd-dug dingir-ri-ne
(5)
(3)
ud i-kam
(6)
ud
ki-A-nar-nar-ta (4)
the total amounts of

12 gur 150 ka of barley, 6 gur 150 ka of du-sig and 5 gur of du-du
A
food for 150 fat sheep, the regular offerings for
and for the gods, for a period of 30 days, at f
ka of barley, ~ ka 6 gin of du-sig and | ka of du-du each per day from A-nar-nar.
Date 3rd year of Ibi-Sin month X.
9.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
ka 6 gin
(i) ud i-kam ud
43 [udu nitag sig
gur
sig
ka
if]
se-ta (2) if
29-311 (2) su-nigin
(4) sa-gal
udu nitag
sig (5)
ka
gin du-sig-ta (3) se-bi 64! ka (4) du-sig-bi 65!
6 gur yo| ka se gur (3) su-nigin 6 gur H2| ka 4 gin duitu Ne-giin (6) mu Si-mu-ru-um-ki ba-[gul].
6 gur yo| ka of barley and 6 gur 1 12 ka 4 gin of du-sig total amounts of food for 43 fine
fat sheep for a period of 29
the dailydays, at [i|] ka of barley, if ka 2 gin of dii-sig each per day
totals being 64! ka of barley and 65! ka 6 gin of du-stg.
:
Date
3rd year of Ibi-Sin
month
Ne-giin.
10.
OBV.
(i)
180 udu nitag (2) f ka se-ta
30-311 (7) se-bi
REV.
gur
itu e-itu-as (5)
mu
ka du-sig-ta
(8) du-sig-bi [6]
(i) du-du-bi 7 gur (2) sa-gal

d
(3) f
I-bf-
gur
udu nitag sa-dug
(4) |
ka 3! gin du-du-ta
X u sa-dug
(5)
ud i-kam
(6)
ud
dingir-ri-ne (3) ki-A-nar-nar-ta (4)
Sin lugal.
the total amounts of food for 180 fat

15 gur of barley, [6] gur of dil-stg and 7 gur of du-du
A
and for the gods, for a period of 30 days, at f ka of barley,
sheep, the regular offerings for
ka
of
and
|
du-stg
| ka 3^ gin of du-du each per day from A-nar-nar.
Date
ist year of Ibi-Sin
month
8-itu-a$.
11.
90 udu nitag f ka se-ta (2) | ka du-sig \ ka 3! gin du-du-ta (3) ud i-kam ud 15-311 (4) sebi 3 gur 225 ka gur (5) du-sig-bi 3 gur (6) du-du-bi 2 gur 150 ka gur (7) 60 udu nitdg | ka se
(8) [i ka du-sig | ka du-du-ta]
RKV. (i) ud i-kam ud i5-[su] (2) se-bi 2 gur 150 ka (3) du-sig-bi 3 [gur] (4) du-du-bi 2 gur 150 ka
OBV.
(i)
(5)
(8)
d
su-nigin 6 gur 75
a-gal
udu
ka se gur
(6) su-nigin
nitdg sa-[dug
6 gur
] (9)
dii-sig
gur
(7)
su-nigin 5 gur du-du gur
ki-A-nar-nar-ta (10) itu sii-numun (i i)
mu
en
lnnana [Unug]-ki ma-e-ni-pad.
^ g ur 75 ka of barley, 6 gur of du-stg and 5 gur of du-du

the total amounts of food for two
1
viz. one lot of 90 sheep at | ka of barley, \ ka of du-sig
5 days
lots of fat sheep, for

periods of
and | ka 3! gin of du-du each per day, and the other lot of 60 sheep
du-sig and | ka of du-du~\ each per day from A-nar-nar.
Date 2nd year of Ibi-Sin month hi-numun.
:
at
ka of barley,
[i
ka of
SUMERIAN TABLETS
12.
OBV.
REV.
84 udu nitdg (2) f- ka [se-ta] (3)

6
ka 5 gin du-ta (7) ud 12-su
( ) I
(i)
107 udu nitdg f ka se-ta
(i)
(2)
ka 18 gin du-ta
(4)
ud 8-su
2 gin du-ta (3)
ud
3-811
ka
120 udu nitdg
(5)
72 udu
(4)
du-ta (6) ud 6-su (7) se-bi 7 gur 287^ ka gur (8) du-bi 10 gur igo
ka
jj-
ka
se-ta (5)
ka gur
se-ta
i-|
(9) sa-gal
ka
udu
Ne-gun (n) (edge) mu en lnnana mds-e-ni-pdd.

the total amounts of food for four lots of
7 gur 287^ ka of barley and 10 gur 190 ka of du
fat sheep: the daily allowance of
ka
per sheep, that of du being i ka 18 gin for
barley being f
the first lot,
ka 5 gin for the second, i ka 2 gin for the third, and i \ ka for the fourth.
Date 2nd year of Ibi-Sin month d Ne-gun.
nitag sd-dug (10) itu
'
13.
OBV.
(i)
ka
REV.
[#udu
[ud i]-kam ud
(6)
se-ta (3)
nitdg sig] (2)
x+
du-sig-ta (4)
ka
(5)
66|
30-311
gur 150 ka se gur (2) su-nigin 6 gur 200 ka du-sig gur (3) sa-gal udu nitag sig
d
d
d
UrMa-mi
I-bi- Sin lugal-e Si-mu-ru-um-ki [ba-gul].
(4) gir
(5) itu min-ab (6) mu
the total amounts of food for fine fat
7 gur 150 ka of barley and 6 gur 200 ka of du-stg
(i) sii-nigin 7
sheep (number illegible) for a period of 30 days

Date 3rd year of Ibi-Sin month min-ab.
steward Ur-d Ma-mi.
14.
OBV.
2
gur] 240 ka Se gur a-[sag ld]-mag(?) -ta
(i) [i
(2) gir
Lu-dingir-ra dumu Tu-ni-mu (3) 4 gur

(5) a-du 2-kam (6) gir Dingir-sukkal
260 ka gur e-uru-ta (4) 4 gur se gur a-sag la-mag (?)

d
REV. (i) 105 ka se-gub-ba (?) (2)
(3) gir Ur- Sin
nitag (6)
mu-tum
mu
itu e-itu-as (7)
e-
(4)
3
gur 15 ka
(5) sa-gal
udu
ba-dii.
1 1
gur 15 ka of barley the total amount of food for fat sheep made up of [i gur] 240 ka
from the [field ld]-mag(?Y
4 gur 260 ka from the
conveyancer Lu-dingir-ra son of Tu-ni-mu
slaves' (?) house and 4 gur from the field Id-mag (?), the second instalment
conveyancer Dingirsukkal and 105 ka in stalk (?) steward Ur-d Sin.
3
'
Date
gth year of Gimil-Sin
month
e-itu-aL
15.
OBV.
REV.
gur 280 ka se gur
(i) 5
(i)
-mas-su
sag
(2) itu dirig
gur 280 ka of barley

brought to 8-maL
5
Date
(2) e-pa-te-si
mu
e-
amount of food
9th year of Gimil-Sin
(3)
dug(?)
(3) sa-gal
udu nitdg
sig
(4)
mu-tum
ba-du.
for fine fat sheep
(from) the house of the patesi
intercalary month.
16.
20 ka Se lugal
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i) itu
eMtu-as (2)
(2) sa-gal
mu
ansu
(3)
Nannar-en-zu
(4)
Ka-dingir-ra-ta (5) gir Tur-dm-1-H
en Erida-ki ba-su.
20 ka of barley, royal measure

Ka-dingir-ra steward Tur-dm-i-li.
amount of food
for
an ass (received by) d Nannar-en-zu from
The
total is
Date
1
The
The
8th year of Bur-Sin
is
month
10 gur 173 ka 18 gin.

not very clear, but cf. No. 33, obv.
correct total
sign
-itu-a$.
"
is
1.
3.
4 gur 270 ka
10 ka too much.
in obv.
1.
3.
Perhaps we should read
17.
OBV.
70 ka
(i)
REV.
(i)
udu nitag sd-dug
[se] (2) ki-Lugal-gar-si-e-ta (3) sa-gal
a-du i-[kam]
(2) itu e-itu-as
mu
(3)
70 ka [of barley] amount of food for

from Lugal-gar-si-e first instalment.
A-nar-nar
(4)
Sin lugal.
l-bf-
fat sheep, the regular offering, (received by)
A-nar-nar
Date
year of Ibi-Sin
ist
month
-itu-aL
18.
OBV.
gur 60 ka se gur
(i) 3
(i) [itu] e-itu-as
from the
field
Date:
(i)
gal
REV.
a-sag
Nin-ir-ra-ta (3) sa-gal
udu nitag sa-dug
(4)
e-udu
of
l-bf-
Nin-ir-ra; (received by) A-nar-nar.

year of Ibi-Sin; month e-itu-aL
ist
gur
Sin lugal.
amount of food for fat sheep, the regular offering for the sheepfold
[mu]
(2)
60 ka of barley
3 gur
OBV.
(2)
A-nar-nar
(5)
REV.
20 ka se gur
(2) Sa-gal
19.
udu nitag slg
(3)
Ur-d Ma-mi
(4)
gur 120 ka se gur
(5) sa-
udu nitag
(2) itu
(i)
Two
lots of barley,
Date
Ezen d [Dun-gi]
each
mu
l-[bi]-
Sin lugal.
food for fine fat sheep, (received by) Ur- d Ma-mi and
gur 120 ka
ist year of Ibi-Sin
(3)
month Ezen *Dun-gi.
20.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i) itu
20 ka Se gur
(2)
mu
20 ka of barley
anSu-bar (3) sukkal-mag

lnnana mds-e-ni-pad.
(2) sa-gal
en
(4) gir Gimil-1-H
food for asses, (received by) the grand vizier
(5) lu-kin-gi-a-lugal
steward
Gimil-i-li,
the royal
messenger.
Date
2nd year of Ibi-Sin
mdftth
X.
21.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i)
d
135 ka se (2) sa-gal udu nitdg sig (3) dup Ur- Ma-[mi] (4) 60 +x [ka] se
sa-gal udu nitdg sd-dug (2) dup A-nar-nar (3) ki-Ab-ba-gi-[na]-ta (4) itu min-ab
(5)
mu
en
Innana mds-e-ni-pdd.
135 ka of barley food
for fine fat sheep, sealed for by Ur- Ma-[mi];

from Ab-ba-gi-[na].
for fat sheep, regular offering, sealed for by A-nar-nar
and 60 +x ka
food
Date
2nd year of Ibi-Sin
month min-a6.
22.
OBV.
REV.
(i)
6 gur
33-3-
ka Se gur
(5) sa-gal
udu nitdg
(i) ki-lam
(?)
udu nitag sd-dug

Ur- Ma-mi
(2) sa-gal
(3)
A-nar-nar (4) 3 gur 266| ka se gur
sig (6)
l
(2) itu e-itu-as (3)
gu-la a-sag
mu
en d lnnana mas-e-ni-pdd.
6 gur 33^ ka of barley food for fat sheep, regular offering, (received by) A-nar-nar;
food for fine fat sheep, (received by) Ur-d Ma-mi
3 gur 266| ka of barley
Date 2nd year of Ibi-Sin month $-itu-a$.
and
rev.
Cf. ki-lam (?) gu-la a-Tag Id-mag-ta

1.
i).
The
sign read lam
is
(No. 33, obv.
1.
3), a-$ctg
uncertain in every case.
Id-mag (No.
14, obv.
1.
4),
and ki-lam(?) a-lhg (No. 30,
SUMERIAN TABLETS
io
23.
gur 120 ka se gur
(i) 6
OBV.
(5) 3a-gal
REV.
udu nitag
Ur-d Ma-mi
(i)
mu
(5)
uS-sa en
udu nitag sa-dug
(2) Sa-gal
(3)
A-nar-nar
(4) 3
gur 180 ka Se gur
slg
ki-
(2)
X-mu-du-ta
(3)
gin
(4) itu
(P)-ud-ka-bar-ta
sfg giS-i-sub ba-gar
[Innana] mas-e-ni-pad.
20 ka of barley food for fat sheep, regular offering, (received by) A-nar-nar
d
d
food for fine fat sheep, (received by) Ur- Ma-mi from X-mu-du.
3 gur 180 ka of barley
6 gur
and
Date
3rd year of Ibi-Sin
month
sfg gi$-t-$ub ba-gar.
24.
OBV.
(i)
20 ka Se lugal
ma-ni su-ba-ti
REV.
(i) itu
1
(6)
(2)
sa-dug
-an-an-ta (4) ki-Ad-da-ta (5)
(3)
Mu-u-
dup Lugal-ka-zi
e-kin(?)-kud (2)
mu
uS-sa An-sa-[an]-ki ba-gul
mu
u-sa-bi.
d
20 ka of barley, royal measure, the regular offering to
Ad-da sealed for by Lugal-ka-zi.

Date 46th year of Dungi month
X, Mu-u ma-ni has received from
e-kin-kud.
25.
OBV.
gur se gur-lugal
(i) i
REV.
mu
(i)
i
(2)
ki-Ad-da-ta (3) Ur-ur
(4) su-ba-ti (5) itu
Ne-giin
uS-sa An-sa-an-ki ba-gul.
gur of barley, royal measure, Ur-ur has received from Ad-da.

45th year of Dungi month ^Ne-gfin.
Date
26.
OBV.
gur dim
(i)
bad
(?)
gur-lugal (2) ki-Ad-da-ta (3) Ba-an-sag (4) su-ba-ti (5) itu
su-numun
(6)
mu
ba-dii.
gur of ctim? royal measure, Ba-an-sag has received from Ad-da.

Date 47th year of Dungi month M-numun.
i
27.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i)
20 ka Se gur-lugal (2) Lugal-sib-a-za-ta (3) itu min-ab-ta (4) ud 13 am (5) ba-ra-ni ....
pa Ur-mi-ku (2) dup fi-gal-e-si (3) mu uS-sa Ki-maJ>-ki ba-gul mu us-sa-bi.
20 ka of barley, royal measure, from
by
overseer Ur-mi-ku
sealed
for
E-gal-e-si.
Date
TU.
Lugal-sib-a-za
(?)
58th year of Dungi
i3th day of
month
Dr. Johns suggests that this sign is a badly-written

We then have a record of the price of the barley
shekel of copper per gur.
min-ab.
Cf.
T.S.A. No.
5,
rev. col. 6,
= pure milk and pure dim.

clear, and may =
The
1.
ga-azag dim-azag
sign, however, is not very
IT
28.
OBV.
(i) 13
REV.
(i)
gur 240 ka se gur-lugal (2) sag-dub-ba lu gi-[ ]-ta (3) Tu-ni-mu ba-ra-tur(P)
d
d
dup Uru-mu-ta (2) dumu Ri-dam (3) itu min-ab (4) mu Bur- Sin lugal.
13 gur 240 ka of barley, royal measure

sealed for by Uru-mu the son of Ri-dam.
Date
ist
year of Bur-Sin
month
Tu-ni-mu has
min-ab.
29.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i)
160 ka se
gur 100 ka
(2)
Im-a
(2) itu
gur 100 ka of barley
(3)
210 ka Ur-d Babbar
mu
se-kin-kud (3)
30 ka U-ma-ni
(4)
ba-dii.
total of three lots (received by)
Im-a
Ur-d Babbar and 0-ma-ni
respectively.
Date
gth year of Gimil-Sin
month
se-kin-kud.
30.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i) ki-lam(?)
-r+3 gur 180 ka se gur

a-sag
A-nar-nar
(2)
(2)
gur 235 ka se gur
(3) 3
mu-tum e-udu(?)
(3) gir
A-nar-nar
(4)
Ur-d Ma-mi
(4) itu
min-ab
(5)
mu
en
lnnana Unug-ki mas-e-ni-pad.

*+3 gur J 8o ka of barley (received by) A-nar-nar and 3 gur 235 ka (received by) Ur-d Mabrought to the sheepfold (?) steward A-nar-nar.
Date 2nd year of Ibi-Sin month min-ab.
mi
31.
OBV.
REV.
15 gur se gur (2) 3 gur gig gur
(i)
(3)
mu-sd-ku
d
dup Ur- Sin
(4)
Lu-pal-sig
(i) ka-a .... turn tur-ta (2) Pa-gar-gar-e-ne (3) sii-ba-ab-ti
15 gur of barley and 3 gur o gig

sealed for by Lu-pal-sig
Date no year month $-itu-aL
22 gur (6) dup
.... pal
(5) itu e-itu-as.
sealed for by Ur-d Sin
22 gur [of barley]
Pa-gar-gar-e-ne has received.
(4)
(5)
32.
OBV.
(i)
gur 120 ka se gur
Dun-gi
-ri
lugal
(2)
gu-za
dumu Ur- d Dun-pa-e'
Ur-am-ma (6) 180 ka a lu su-mal (7)

dup Lugal-[ ]-e
numun dup
REV. (i) 60 ka se-numun dup Ur-gis-ginar (2) su-nigin 5 2 gur 120 ka se gur
1
(4)
i
[itu e]-
20 ka of barley
the son of Ur-d Dun-pa-e
of
steward Lu-d Dun-gi

;
240 ka for sowing
Cf.
that for
No. 54, obv. 1. 3.

the fourth month.
(3)
.... a-sag d ....
240 ka
in
payment
by Lugal-[ ]-e [son of] Ur180 ka for sowing sealed for by
;
sealed for
80 ka, wages of workmen sealed for by Ur-am-ma

60 ka for sowing sealed for by Ur-gis-ginar making a
Date year
month e-itu-aL
am-ma;
(5)
da-za
itu-as (5)
gur
total of 5
gur 1 50 ka of barley.
The second
Is
it
Lu-
240 ka se-numun
dup Ur-am-ma (8) 180 ka se-
240 ka se-ba
(4)
(3) gir
sign
possibly zag
is
?
the
same as
The
separate items only
amount
to 4
gur 150 ka.
SUMERIAN TABLETS
12
33.
OBV.
(i) 2
gur
20 ka Se-gar-ra gur
engar-e-ne (3) ki-lam
(2)
(?)
gu-la a-Sag la-mag-ta (4) ki-Lu-
Dun-gi-ra-ta
REV.
(i)
gi-ra
dup
sealed for
Date
Ne-giin
20 ka of barley, at
gur
(2) itu
-pa-
by
(3)
mu
[en] Erida-ki ba-su.
interest, for the farmers,
from Lu-d Dun-
pa-c'.
8th year of Bur-Sin
month
Ne-giin.
34.
OBV.
(i)
gur
Se-gar-ra-sii
gur
(2) ki
sag gis-ba-nu
(?)
(3) ki-Lu- Dun-gi-[ra-ta] (4)
dup Lugal-
e-mag-e
REV.
(i) itu
Dumu-zi
gur of barley, at
Date
(2)
mu
en Erida-ki ba-su.
fromLu-' Dun-gi-[ra]; sealed for by Lugal-e-mag-e.
month Dumu-zi.
1
interest,
8th year of Bur-Sin
35.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i) itu
60 ka se gur 60 ka-ta
(2)
ki-Ad-da-ta (3) Da-da-a (4) su-ba-ti
sii-numun.
1 60 ka of
barley, at 60 ka per gur
no year month $ti-mimun.
loan of
Date
from Ad-da Da-da-a has received.
interest,
36.
OBV.
(i) 12
gur 180 ka
e gur-lugal (2) a lu su-mal
(3) ki-An-ki-ta (4)
ki-Uru-ta
(5)
dup Lugal-e-
mag-e nubarida gud

REV.
(i) itu e-itu-as (2)
mu
us-sa Si-mu-ru-um-ki Lu-lu-bu-um-ki a-du
12 gur 180 ka of barley,

mag-e, keeper of the oxen.
Date
wages of workmen, from An-ki, from Uru
55th year of Dungi
Q-kam
month
ba-gul.
sealed for
by Lugal-e-
-itu-a$.
37.
OBV.
gur 60 ka se gur-lugal
ii-ba-ti (2) itu su-numun
(i) 3
REV.
(i)
(2)
a lu sii-mal-su (3) ki-Da-a-ga-ta (4) Lugal
(3)
mu
Da-a-ga.
44th year of Dungi
month $ti-numun.
38.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i) itu
gur zid-se gur (2) ki-Lugal-e-mag-e-ta

min-ab (2) mu en Erida-ki ba-3d.
(3)
dup Ur
gur of barley-meal from Lugal-e-mag-e sealed

Date 8th year of Bur-Sin month min-ab.
i
ga-ni
An-sa-[an]-ki ba-gul.
gur 60 ka of barley, royal measure, wages of workmen, Lugal
Date
for
by Ur
ga-ni has received from
13
39.
58 ka zid-se
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i) itu
(2)
su-numun
ud ig-kam
(2)
mu
(3) ki
X-kam-ta
(4)
dup
pa-te-si
us-sa Si-ma-num-ki ba-gul.
d
58 ka of barley-meal from X-kam sealed for by the patesi.
Date 4th year of Gimil-Sin igth day of month M-numun.
;
40.
OBV.
(i) 2
REV.
(i) sii-ba-ti (2)
gur
A-ab-ba-mu
zid-se gur-lugal (2) ki-Ad-da-ta (3)
dup Da-a-gi
ME Nun-gal
A
mu-A-ab-ba-mu .fl/Z^Nun-gal-ka-su
(3)
(4) ni-gal (5) itu
ME of Nun-gal
ME of Nun-gal.
d
gur of barley-meal, royal measure, A-ab-ba-mu the

Ad-da; sealed for by Da-a-gi on behalf of A-ab-ba-mu the
Date no year month min-ab.
2
min-ab.
has received from
41.
OBV.
REV.
(i)
360 sa
nu
gis sar
(i)
mu
gi-[zi] (2) gis-sar
e-sag-ga (3)
mu-tum
(4)
sag e-mas
(5) gir
Ur-
-nig .... (6)
e Gis-ug-ki ba-du.
360 bundles of reeds from the park of -$ag-ga, brought to -ma$

keeper of the park.
Date gth year of Gimil-Sin. No month.
steward
Ur
nig
42.
OBV.
REV.
(i)
290 sa
gi-zi (2)
Ka-d X
(3)
(i) An-na-f_gi]-li-bi (2) sa-gal
mu
dirig
220 sa
gi-zi (4) Bi-it (5)
udu nitdg ud 2-kam
98 sa
gi-zi
(3) ki-Ur-an-ma-ta
(4)
dup Gu-pi-pi
(5) itu
us-sa Ki-mas-ki ba-gul.

**
d
220 bundles (received by) Bi-it; 98 bundles
290 bundles of reeds (received by) Ka- X
(received by) An-na-[gi]-li-bi food for fat sheep from Ur-an-ma sealed for by Gu-pi-pi.
Date 57th year of Dungi 2nd day of intercalary month.
;
43.
OBV.
REV.
(i)
47 sa
gi (2) en-gab-du-ta (3)
(i)
(2)
.... da
47 bundles of reeds,
Date: 1st year of Ibi-Sin
[mu]-tum sag e-mas-su
mu
I-bi-
(4)
d
Sin lugal.
brought to e-maS,
month
e-itu-d$.
44.
OBV.
REV.
(i)
77 sa gi
d
(i) gir
Ud-
(2)
en-gab-du-ta (3)
(2) itu
Ne-giin
77 bundles of reeds
Date 2nd year of Ibi-Sin
:
mu-tum
(3)
mu
(4)
en
sag e-mas-su
Unug-ki
brought to $-ma$
;
month
Ne-gtin.
ni [sic]
steward Ud-d X.
mu
SUMERIAN TABLETS
14
45.
OBV.
85 sa
(i)
3-kam
REV.
ud 22-kam
gi-zi (2)
(3)
no
112 sa [a]-du i-kam (4)
sa [a]-du 2-kam
90 sa a-du
(5)
ud 23-kam
(6)
itu pa-ii-e.
85 bundles of reeds, on the 22nd day; 112 bundles, the first instalment,
second instalment, 90 bundles, the third instalment, on the 23rd day.
Date no year month p^-ti-e.
:
no
bundles, the
46.
OBV.
(i)
20 sa gi
REV.
itu pa-ii-e.
(2) sigiSse
Gu-la
(3) glr A-a-kal-la
20 bundles of reeds offerings to d Gu-la

Date no year month pa-ii-e.
:
steward A-a-kal-la.
47.
OBV.
101 sa
(i)
gi-zi
a-du i-kam
88 sa a-du 2-kam
(2)
1
2i-kam
58 sa[a]-du 3-kam
(3)
Ezen d Dun-gi
mu
Sin lugal.
first instalment; 88 bundles, the second instalment
58 bundles,
the third instalment; overseer Ni-kal-la work done(?) on the 2ist day.
Date ist year of Ibi-Sin month Ezen dDun-gi.
REV.
Ni-kal-la (2) igi-gar-ag
pa
101 bundles of reeds, the
(i)
(3) itu
(4)
I-bf-
48.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i)
13 ka kas (2) 49 ka kas (3) ud 2i-[kam]

35 ka kaS (2) ud 22-kam (3) ki
Mar-tu
13
(4)
15 ka kas
ta (4)
dup
pa-te-si (5) itu
Dumu-zi
(6)
mu bad
ba-dti.
ka and 49 ka of date-wine on the 2ist day
and 35 ka on the 22nd day
15 ka
sealed for
by the patesi.
Date
month d Duimi-zi.
49.
ta (5) Ba-sag ni-ku
9 mas (3) es-es-ku (4) ki-Ur-se
REV. (i) itu pa-u-e(2) mu An-sa-an-ki ba-gul.
1 5
Ba-sdg has taken over.
sheep, 9 kids, for sacrifice, from Ur-se
OBV.
udu ga
15
(i)
(2)
Date 44th year of Dungi
month
pa-ti-e.
50.
kus(?) udu (2) Lugal-gar-si-e Sim (3) i Ur-gis-ginar
a-du i-kam (5) 2 a-du 2-kam (6) Ba-sig ka-su-du
OBV.
(i) [10]
REV.
(i)
Sa
udu
(2)
(?)-la
(6) itu pa-ii-e (7)
4 Ki-gu-du-du
mu
e-
(3)
4 Ni-kal-la
(4)
mu dumu
Lii-dingir-ra
Ur-sukkal mu-lugal
(5)
mu
(4)
27 kus
(?)
ba-dii.
i to
of sheep to Lugal-gar-si-e the brewer (?)
Ur-gis-ginar the baker, son of
2
as
a
second
instalment
to Ba-sig the butler ; 2 to
3 as a first instalment,
Lu-dingir-ra the baker
4 to Ki-gu-du-du 4 to Ni-kal-la; I to Ur-sukkal the royal baker: total 27.
Sa(?)-la
[10] skins
(?)
Date
1
is
Cf. igi-gar-bi-mu-ag T.S.A.

applied to sheep and goats.
XLI
month pa-ti-e.
note, where the phrase
The group
igi-gar-ag also
occurs in Tablets 56-8.

igi-gar
ud i6-kam.
Cf.
A.O. 5651 (R.A.
viii.
p.
157)
15
51.
OBV.
(i) 5
REV.
(i)
d
d
d
(?)udu (2) 5 sag-du udu (3) Nin-ir-ra (4) i Dun-gi (5) i Bur- Sin
d
Gimil-d Sin (2) [ud]-sar ucl 15 (3) mu-tum sag e-mas-su (4) itu pa-ii-e (5)
d
ku
mu
!-bf-
Sin
lugal.
heads of sheep for d Nin-ir-ra;

Gimil- Sin for the new-moon brought to e-maS.
Date ist year of Ibi-Sin i5th day of month pa-ti-e.
5 skins of
sheep and
for
Dun-gi
for
Bur-d Sin
for
52.
OBV.
kus(?) udu (2)
(i) 5
REV.
(i)
Nin-ib (3)
mu
itupa-u{e] (2)
I-bi'-
Sin lugal.
d
d
sheep for Ninib 3 for Enlil
Date: ist year of Ibi-Sin month pa-ti-e.
5 skins of
mu-tum sag e-mas-su
En-lil (4)
brought to e-ma$.
53.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i) 2
ku
(?)udu
ku3
(?) sig (2)
(2) Lugal-gar-si-e (3)
.... e-mas ....
Ur-gis-ginar
(3)
mu
.... Ad-da-ta
(4)
dumu
Lu-dingir
mu
(4) zig-ga (5) itu pa-u-e.
skin of a sheep for Lugal-gar-si-e

i for
Ur-gis-ginar the baker, son of Lu-dingir the baker
2 fine skins
at
&-maS
Ad-da.
(given out)
by
i
Date
No
year
month pa-ti-e.
54.
OBV.
(i)
REV.
(i) itu
10 gin ku-babbar
min-ab
(2)
mu
(2) ki-E-ur-bi-gi-ta (3)
An-na
en-[unu]-gal
Lugal-[
-e (4) sii-ba-ti
ba-su.
10 shekels of silver, Lugal-[ ]-e has received from E-ur-bi-gi.

4th year of Bur-Sin monih min-ab.
Date
55.
OBV.
REV.
DU
gin ia-nun-ta (2) 4
(i) 5
(i)
Gis-ba-nig-ni (2)
5 gin of butter
ga
ruk-ruk-dam 2
.
has delivered
2nd year of Ibi-Sin
ta
ud
sa-dug
i5-s"u (4)
mu
and 4 gin of cheese
(?), Gis-ba-nig-ni
Date
gm
(?)
en
DU(?)
lnnana Unug-ki mas-[e]-ni-pad.
per day, for 15 days, regular offering for the god
(?).
month
e-itu-d$.
56.
OBV.
REV.
(i)
46 geme-u3-bar
(i) igi-gar-ag
(2)
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SUMERIAN

TABLETS FROM UMMA

JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

W. JOHNS, M.A., Lrrr.D.

CATHERINE'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

WITH TEN PLATES

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

CATHERINE'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

WITH TEN PLATES

MANCHESTER THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

LETTERPRESS AND PLATES

Library is noted as a gathering-place of students and

This promise he has generously

giving ungrudgingly both of his time

and courtesy, and

for the provision of

facility for the

Umma, acquired for the John Rylands

Library by the foresight of the late

Sumerian language, and the personal names

den Keilschrifttirkunden aus der Zeit der Konige von

occurrence of a few Semitic names so far south in the Sumerian country.

of them, and all

large estates which they

exactly interpret them,

gain a very clear notion of city

Any one who

has tried to study the various account books of the monasteries

Mr. BEDALE appears to have done

that can be expected of a first editor

Telloh has already

a puzzle clear, but

this is the first considerable lot of

than to attempt to force explanations with very inadequate sources of knowledge.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TABLETS

TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION

FACSIMILES OF TWELVE TABLETS IN COLLOTYPE

NINE PLATES OF HAND-COPIES OF THE TABLETS

d' Assyria logic, vol. viii. p. 152

They extend over a

have been arranged according to their contents.

For oxen (Nos.

food varies both in kind and in quantity for

oxen (gud} and young oxen (amar-gud).

may denote some

amar-gud receive 6 ka of du-du.

20 ka of du-sig, but once (No. 5, obv. 1. 2) it is 30 ka of du-sig, and

the scribe should have written

gud nitdg stg.

sheep (Nos. 7-23, except 16

(udu nitdg sig] and fat sheep (udu

classes of sheep are

asses (Nos. 16, 20).

(barley) are given, but not the daily allowances.

uncertain which of these two operations