| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | 97.1.0 gur še.i₃.giš [glossary=šamaššammū] | 11,700 qa of sesame[glossary=šamaššammū] |
| o. 2 | i-na giš0.1.0 gur gi.na | according to the “correct” pānum-measure |
| o. 3 | mu.kux a-na-dda-gan-tak2-la-ku | income from Ana-Dagan-taklāku |
| o. 4 | lu₂engar ša Di-zi-imki | agrarian entrepreneur of Dizum |
| lo.e. 5 | am-ḫu-ur | I have received it. |
| r. 6 | iti li-li-a-tim | |
| r. 7 | u₄ 19.kam | |
| r. 8 | ba.zal-ma | during the day |
ARM 08 097
Commentary
An important amount of sesame was brought (mu.kux: Akkadian šūrubtum) by Ana-Dagan-taklāku, actually an “agrarian entrepreneur” (engar: Akkadian ikkarum1In the case of the Mari kingdom, the ikkarū did not till the land themselves but managed teams of workers mainly for the palace, in contrast to the ikkarū in southern Mesopotamia.) in the city of Dizum (Iddizum?; for Iddizum see Durand 1987b: 205) located in the district of Mari[geogr=Mari]; not to be confused with Ana-Dagan-taklāku the merchant, who is attested in CRRAI 51 15 (l. 28; cf. Charpin 2008: 4) and FM 15 077 (col.ii, l. 39). A list of requisitioned fields was sealed by him (Reculeau 2018a: 442): according to his seal, he was a servant of the goddess Ninsianna.
The expression “according to the 1/2 ‚correct‘ pānum-measure” could maybe refer to the payment of the biltum-tax for the palace (Chambon 2018: 59), which Ana-Dagan-taklāku has collected in the cultivated land under his responsibility.
The date is important: the Month IX in the calendar of Mari corresponds to November-December, the harvest time for sesame, a summer crop; see Dossier A.1.1.18.
Bibliography
- Chambon 2018 = Chambon, Grégory (2018): Les archives d'Ilu-Kân. Gestion et comptabilité du grain dans le palais de Mari. Mémoires de NABU 16. Florilegium marianum XV. Paris: SEPOA.
- Charpin 2008 = Charpin, Dominique (2008): Archives et comptabilité en Mésopotamie au deuxième millénaire av. J.-C., in: Wissa, Myriam (ed.), The Knowledge Economy and Technological Capabilities. Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean 2nd millennium B.C. -1st millennium A.D. Proceedings of a conference held at the Maison de la Chimie Paris, France 9-10 December 2005. Aula Orientalis. Supplementa 26. Barcelona: AUSA, 47-51.
- Durand 1987b = Durand, Jean-Marie (1987): Villes fantômes de Syrie et autres lieux, in: Mari Annales de Recherches Interdisciplinaires 5, 199-205.
- Reculeau 2018a = Reculeau, Hervé (2018): L'agriculture irriguée au royaume de Mari. Essai d'histoire des techniques. Mémoires de NABU 21. Florilegium marianum 16. Paris.