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Publication
Primary publication: WF 055
Author: Deimel, Anton
Publication date: 1924
Secondary publication(s): EDATS p. 3 (01) no. 059
Citation: Edzard, Dietz, ZA 66, 185
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CDLI no.: P011012
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001qf3r2
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20011204 ed3a_catalogue
Transliteration: cdlistaff
Translation: Englund, Robert K.
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Collection Information
Owner: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum no.: VAT 12610
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Text Content:
Genre: Administrative
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Sub-genre remarks: barley.
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Provenience: Šuruppak (mod. Fara)
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Chronology:
Period: ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
column 1
1. 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze gur-mah
#tr.en: 11 gurmaḫ 2 barig barley,
2. ganun-mah
#tr.en: from Big-Storehouse;
3. 6(asz@c) sze gur
#tr.en: 6 gur(maḫ) barley,
4. 3(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ganun
#tr.en: 3 1/2 (gurmaḫ) 2 barig, storehouse,
5. gur2-gur2
#tr.en: ...;
column 2
1. sze-numun
#tr.en: seed-barley;
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column 3
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reverse
column 1
1. an-sze3-gu2
#tr.en: Total:
2. 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) sze gur-mah
#tr.en: 21 gurmaḫ barley,
# calculation: 11;2,0 + 6;0,0 + 3 1/2;2,0 = 20 1/2;4,0 = 21;0,0
# therefore, the gurmaḫ consisted of 8 barig = 480 sila3
3. sze-numun
#tr.en: seed-barley:
4. 3(bur'u@c) 7(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c)
#tr.en: 37 bur3 1 eše3 3 iku.
# calculation: 21 ÷ 37.5 = .56 gurmaḫ or 268.8 sila3 per bur3 (37.5 ÷ 21 = 1.5 bur3 per gurmaḫ)
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column 2
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