| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | ša₃.tuku₅ siki.u₈ | 1 mattress of goat hair: |
| o. 2 | ki.la₂.bi 3 ma.na 10 gin2 | its weight is 3 mina 10 shekels (1.583 kg); |
| o. 3 | kuš udu.bi 1 | 1 sheepskin; |
| o. 4 | ĝešza.an.ka dug.še₃ | a wooden part of a bed; |
| o. 5 | še.ĝeš.i₃[glossary=še-ĝeš-i3] | sesame[glossary=še-ĝeš-i₃], |
| r. 1 | i₃.šeš₄ lugal.še₃ | ointment for the king, |
| r. 2 | gir₃ ad.da.kal.la[individual=Adda-kalla] i₃.sur[glossary=ṣāḫitum] | by Adda-kalla[individual=Adda-kalla], the oil extractor[glossary= ṣāḫitum]. |
| r. 3 | (Date.) |
BIN 09 351
Commentary
Adda-kalla[individual=Adda-kalla] is an oil extractor[glossary=ṣāḫitum] well known; see van de Mieroop Marc 1987: 105. He should not be confused with its namesake, who is a leather craftsman (ašgab)1See van de Mieroop Marc 1987: 66..
Parallels: BIN 09 236, BIN 09 351, BIN 10 049, BIN 10 050, BIN 10 163.
For more details on sesame oil extractors, see Dossier A.1.1.22.
Bibliography
- Emerson 1954 = Crawford Emerson, Vaughn (1954): Sumerian Economic Texts from the First Dynasty of Isin. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies 9. New Haven and London: Yale University and Oxford University.
- van de Mieroop Marc 1987 = Van De Mieroop, Marc (1987): Crafts in the Early Isin Period. A Study of the Isin Craft Archive from the Reigns of Išbi-Erra and Šū-ilišu. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 24. Leuven: Peeters.