| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | 473.0.3 še-ĝeš-i3[glossary=še-ĝeš-i3] gur | 473 gur 3 ban (= 141,930 litres) of sesame[glossary=še-ĝeš-i3] |
| o. 2 | i3-ba[glossary=i3-ba] aga3-us2-e-ne | it is (for) the oil allotment[glossary=i3-ba] for soldiers |
| o. 3 | ⸢iti⸣ 12-kam | for 12 months; |
| o. 4 | ugula da-ḫi-iš-a-tal | overseer Daḫišatal, |
| o. 5 | ĝiri3 [i]-ku-pi4–dutu dub-sar | via Ikūn-pî-Šamaš, scribe; |
| r. 1 | (year) | date (year) |
| 0 | Seal of Sulgi-iriĝu |
SAT 3 1854
by Paola Paoletti 
Commentary
This text records a large quantity of sesame for the annual oil allotments for soldiers. It does not mention the origin of the sesame nor who is delivering it, but the official responsible for the transaction (ĝiri3) was the scribe Ikūn-pī-Šamaš. The same scribe Ikūn-pī-Šamaš functioned as official responsible for the transaction (ĝiri3) also in a similar annual account (SAT 3 1935) explicitly stating that the sesame was supplied from Karaḫar [geogr=Karaḫar] by Guzana [individual=Guzana] (Steinkeller; Steinkeller 1982: 640-644; Waetzoldt 1985: fn. 37 and see dossier A.1.1.1). Therefore, most likely, also the sesame of SAT 3 1854 can be considered a procurement.
Bibliography
- Steinkeller = Steinkeller, Piotr (2021): Economic Growth in Early Mesopotamia: General Considerations and Some Specific Examples. Leiden.
- Steinkeller 1982 = Steinkeller, Piotr (1982): On Editing Ur III Economic Texts, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 102, 640-642.
- Waetzoldt 1985 = Waetzoldt, Hartmut (1985): Ölpflanzen und Pflanzenöle im 3. Jahrtausend, in: Bulletin on Sumerian Agriculture 2, 77-96.