Line | Text original | Text translated |
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o. 1 | 0.0.4 i3 šaha2 | 40 sila/litres of lard, |
o. 2 | 6 gun2 25 ma-na / im-babbar2 | 6 talents 25 minas (= 192.5 kilograms) of gypsum, |
o. 3 | 15.1.2 naĝa gur | 4,580 sila/litres of alcali soda: |
o. 4 | e2 šu šum2-ma | Transferred property, |
o. 5 | ma-ma-iš-ti-kal2 ugula azlag7 | |
o. 6 | šu ba-ti | |
r. 1 | ĝiri3 dšara2-kam dub-sar | via Šarakam, the scribe, |
r. 2 | u3 ĝiri3 ur-den-gal-du.du šagana | and via Ur-Engaldudu, the general. |
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Commentary
This document was written at the review of the governor’s palace at Irisaĝrig (Archive Ur III Irisaĝrig and Dossier A.1.1.12), and thus it lists the precise amounts of substances that were present on the day of the inspection, day 30 of month II of the last year of Amar-Suena. Lard, gypsum, and potash were used to clean textiles, and such a workshop existed in the governor’s palace.