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Publication
Primary publication:	AoF 45, 050-059
Author:	Cavigneaux, Antoine & Clevenstine, Emmert
Publication date:	2018
Secondary publication(s):
Citation:	Sollberger, Edmond, JCS 05 (1951) 019, no. 2.5
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Published collation:
CDLI no.:	P423870
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz002b7p85
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20111102 cdliadmin_pagé-perron
Transliteration:	Cavigneaux, Antoine; Clevenstine, Emmert
Translation:	Cavigneaux, Antoine & Clevenstine, Emmert
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Collection Information
Owner:	Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
Museum no.:	MAH 15887
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Genre:	Administrative
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Physical Information
Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
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Measurements (mm):	84 x 52 x 24
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Provenience:	uncertain (mod. Babylonia)
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Chronology:
Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Date of Origin:	Rim-Sin.30.12.30
Dates referenced:	Rim-Sin.30.12.30
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Tablet

obverse
$ beginning broken
1'. sag-nig2-gur11#-ra# x [...]
#tr.en: initial balance ...,
2'. szid#-si#-ga ku4-ra# x [...]
#tr.en: brought in for shearing ...,
3'. _sza [i]-na nam#? x x x-pe#-szu_
#tr.en: that at ... will be performed(?);
4'. [ib2-szi]-te# udu 1(disz)-e 2(disz) ma-na
#tr.en: yield per sheep: 2 mina;
$ blank space
5'. [1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2)] 4(u) u8
#tr.en: 1000 ewes,
6'. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) kir11 dili-ur4
#tr.en: 117 female shearlings,
7'. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) udu-nita
#tr.en: 101 rams,
8'. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) sila4 dili-ur4
#tr.en: 116 male shearlings:
9'. 1(disz) li 3(disz) me 3(u) 4(disz) u8-udu
#tr.en: 1334 sheep,
10'. [siki-bi] 4(u) 9(asz)# gu2 5(u)# 1(disz) ma-na
#tr.en: their wool: 49 talents 51 mina
11'. [ib2-szi]-te# udu 1(disz)-e 2(disz) ma-na# 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
#tr.en: yield per sheep: 2 mina 14 1/2 shekels,
12'. [diri] 5(asz) gu2 2(u) 3(disz) ma#-na#
#tr.en: excess: 5 talents 23 mina;
13'. 3(u) 5(disz) kir11# bar#-gal2#
#tr.en: 35 unshorn female lambs
14'. 3(u) 5(disz) sila4# bar#-[gal2]
#tr.en: 35 unshorn male lambs
15'. 1(disz) li 4(disz) me 4(disz) u8-udu
#tr.en: 1404 sheep
16'. la2-ia3 u8-udu 3(u) 5(disz)
#tr.en: shortfall of sheep: 35
17'. na-gada ip-qu2-{d}iszkur
#tr.en: shepherd Ipqu-Adda
$ blank space
18'. [n] u8
#tr.en: n ewes,
19'. [...] x [...]
#tr.en: ...
$ rest broken

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$ beginning broken
1'. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) me 1(gesz2) 3(u) x x x [kir11 dili-ur4]
#tr.en: 190+ ... female shearlings,
2'. ($ blank space $) 9(disz) me 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) udu-nita
#tr.en: 976 rams,
3'. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) me 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) sila4 dili-ur4
#tr.en: 191 male shearlings:
$ single ruling
4'. ($ blank space $) 2(disz) li 1(disz) me 4(disz) u8-udu
#tr.en: 2104 sheep
# decimal count
5'. ($ blank space $) siki-bi 1(gesz2) [1(u)] 7(asz) gu2 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
#tr.en: their wool: 77 talents 5 1/2 mina,
6'. ($ blank space $) diri 6(asz) gu2 5(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
#tr.en: excess: 6 talents 57 1/2 mina,
7'. ($ blank space $) 5(u) 5(disz) kir11 bar-gal2
#tr.en: 55 unshorn female lambs,
8'. ($ blank space $) 5(u) 5(disz) sila4 bar-gal2
#tr.en: 55 unshorn male lambs;
9'. szunigin 2(disz) li 2(disz) me 1(u) 4(disz) u8-udu
#tr.en: total: 2214 sheep;
10'. la2-ia3 1(disz) me 1(u) 3(disz) u8-udu
#tr.en: shortfall: 113 sheep,
11'. na-gada ip-qu2-{d}iszkur u3 {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim
#tr.en: shepherds: Ipqu-Adda and Sîn-bēl-aplim;
$ blank space
12'. iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 3(u)-kam
#tr.en: month “Harvest,” 30th day,
13'. mu {gesz}tukul-mah an {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki-ga-ta i3-si-in{ki} uru{ki} nam-lugal-la sipa zi {d}ri-im-{d}suen mu-un-dab5-ba-a
#tr.en: in the year: “With the mighty weapon of An, Enlil and Enki, Isin, the city of royalty, the good shepherd Rim-Sin seized.”

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