YOS 12 340


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o. 16 sila₃ i₃.[giš][glossary=ellum]qa (6 l) of sesame oil[glossary=ellum],
o. 2 si-ta-at še.giš.i₃[glossary=šamaššammū] remainder of sesame[glossary=šamaššammū],
o. 3 ša a-na ṣa-ḫa-ti[glossary=ṣaḫātum] which, for extraction[glossary=ṣaḫātum],
o. 4 Ita-ri-ba-a-tum Tarībatum
o. 5 nam da-da-a to Dadâ
o. 6 i-di-in gave.
r. 1 i-na še.giš.i₃ ⸢sà⸣-la-tim On the account of sesame,
r. 2 i₃.[giš] i₃!.ag₂.e one measured the sesame oil.
r. 3 igiden⸣.zu-im-gur-ra-an-ni In front of Sîn-imguranni,
r. 4 igi di-šum-qar-ra-ad in front of Išum-qarrād,
r. 5 igi a-da-a in front of Adâ.
r. 6 iti šu.numun.a Month IV,
u.e. 1 mu bad₃ šeš.⸢unuki  
u.e. 2 u₃ unuki mu.⸢un.gul
Commentary

This text is one example of people giving their sesame seeds to oil millers. Once the oil was produced, they measured it. See Dossier A.1.1.22.

Bibliography

  • Feigin 1979 = Feigin, Samuel I.; Cohen, Mark E. (1979): Legal and Administrative Texts of the Reign of Samsu-iluna. Yale Oriental Series: Babylonian Texts 12. New Haven and London: Yale University.