| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | 2.0.0 še-ĝeš-i3[glossary=še-ĝeš-i3] sur-de3[glossary=sur-de3] | 2 gur (= 600 litres) of sesame [glossary=še-ĝeš-i3] for milling[glossary=sur] |
| o. 2 | iti ḫar-šu-bi-um (XI) | month XI/February |
| o. 3 | 2.0.0 iti a-ša3 diĝir-ra še-kin-ku5 (II) | 2 gur (= 600 litres of sesame), month II/May |
| o. 4 | šu ti-a den.zu-na-pi2-iš-ti | received by Sîn-napišti |
| r. 1 | e2 tan-dru-ḫu-ra-te-er | house of Tan-Ruḫurater |
| r. 2 | bala gu-la | … |
| r. 3 | mu us2-sa alan ku3-babbar / 4-be2 ba-dim2 | date (year) |
MDP 28 121 505
by Paola Paoletti 
Commentary
This text comes from Susa, but does not belong to the Igibuni household (for this archive see De Graef 2005 and the archive Ur III Susa). Due to the seal with the dedication to Ibbi-Suen, as well as the mention of Tan-Ruḫuater, this document is to be dated either to the period IS.09-IS.14, in which Ibbi-Suen attempted to recapture the city of Susa after the short reign of Ebarat I. Alternatively, it could date to the period in which Tan-Ruḫuater retook power over Susa at the end of Ibbi-Suen’s reign and later, see De Graef 2008: 80 - 81 and De Graef 2015: 296 for further details on this period and the date of this text.
o. 2-3 Since this amount of sesame is recorded for month II/May, it could have been sesame for sowing.
Bibliography
- De Graef 2005 = De Graef, Katrien (2005): Les archives d'Igibuni. Les documents Ur III du chantier B à Suse. Mémoires de la délégation archéologique en Iran 54. Gand: Université de Gand.
- de Graef 2008 = De Graef, Katrien (2008): Annus simaškensis. L'usage des noms d'année pendant la période simaškéenne (ca. 1930-1880 av. notre ère) à Suse, in: Iranica Antiqua 43, 67-87.
- De Graef 2015 = De Graef, Katrien (2015): Susa in the Late 3rd Millennium: From a Mesopotamian Colony to an Independent State (MC 2110-1980), in: Sallaberger, Walther; Schrakamp, Ingo (eds.), Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean 3: History & Philology. Turnhout: Brepols, 289-296.