| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | [1 k]a-an-nu-um[glossary=kannum] ša ṣa-ḫa-ti[glossary=ṣaḫātum] | 1 vase stand[glossary=kannum] for extracting[glossary=ṣaḫātum] (the oil), |
| o. 2 | 1 na₄e-ru-u₂[glossary=erûm] i₃.giš[glossary=ellum] | 1 millstone [glossary=erûm] for sesame oil[glossary=ellum], |
| o. 3 | 1 e-si₂-tu[glossary=esittum] i₃.giš | 1 pestle[glossary=esittum] for sesame oil: |
| o. 4 | ki i-din-dna-na-a | from Iddin-Nanaya, |
| o. 5 | Ia-wi-il-ia | Awīliya |
| o. 6 | a-na iti 4.kam in.ḫun.ga₂ | rented for 4 months. |
| o. 7 | a₂ iti 4.kam | (As) rent of 4 months, |
| o. 8 | 4 sila₃ i₃.giš | he will measure 4 qa (4 l) of sesame oil. |
| r. 9 | i₃.ag₂.e | |
| r. 10 | igi dutu-mu-uš-ta-al | In front of Šamaš-mūštal, |
| r. 11 | igi i-bi-dutu | in front of Ibbi-Šamaš, |
| r. 12 | kišib lu₂.enim.ma.bimeš | The seals of the witnesses |
| r. 13 | ib₂.ra.aš | are unrolled. |
| r. 14 | (Date.) |
BSA 2 180
Commentary
This text states that the tools were rented for four months; this rental amount is equivalent to 4 qa (4 litres) of oil, i.e. 1 qa of oil per month.
With two other administrative documents (YOS 12 342 and BIN 07 218) referring to milling sesame oil tools, it helps to reconstruct the various stages of the chaîne opératoire concerning oil milling in broad outline; see Stol/Whiting 1985 and Dossier A.1.1.22.
Bibliography
- Stol/Whiting 1985 = Stol, Marten; Whiting, Robert M. (1985): A Rental of Tools Used in Processing Sesame, in: Bulletin on Sumerian Agriculture 2, 179-180.