| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | ⸢1⸣ i3-ĝeš dug 5 umbinx(LAK 289) | 1 jar (of 30 sila) and 5 umbin-vessels (of 2 sila each) (= 40 sila/litres) of sesame oil |
| o. 2 | diĝir-sipa | (from) Diĝirsipa – |
| o. 3 | še an-na-šum2-kam | he is the one to whom barley was given; |
| o. 4 | ⸢2⸣ i3-ĝeš dug | 2 jars (= 60 sila/litres) of sesame oil |
| o. 5 | [x]-ni?-gu | (from) …nigu; |
| r. 1 | ⸢ur-er9-ra⸣ | (for/via) Ur-Erra, |
| r. 2 | šu-a gi4-a | it was returned. |
| r. 3 | iti ab-e3-zi-ga | Month VI. |
TCBI 1 165 = CUSAS 26 088
by Walther Sallaberger 
Commentary
Pomponio/Visicato/Westenholz 2006 dated the tablet as „Middle Sargonic“, but Westenholz 2014 classified it as Presargonic/Early Sargonic („ED IIIb-ES“). M. Maiocchi gave the following evaluation: „The text to me looks ES-MS, although it is more likely ES than MS. The sum sign has the plant stem in it, and the zi sign looks rather archaic, but the tablet shape and the layout are more recent. So, if you happen to ask me, I would say that MS is not excluded a priori.“ (personal email from 2021-02-02). The Middle Sargonic date seems even more probable with the assumption that the youngest features date a tablet.
o.1: For the vessel umbinx(LAK 289), a measuring vessel for oil of 2 sila/litres, see Molina 2014: 112 ad SCTRAH 295 o. 12; see here CUSAS 11 326 o.1.
r.2: šu-a gi4 denotes transfers that are made to balance a debt relationship; see here CUSAS 11 316.
Bibliography
- Molina 2014 = Molina, Manuel (2014): Sargonic Cuneiform Tablets in the Real Academia de la Historia. The Carl L. Lippmann Collection. Madrid: La Imprenta.
- Pomponio/Visicato/Westenholz 2006 = Pomponio, Francesco; Visicato, Giuseppe; Westenholz, Aage (2006): Le tavolette cuneiformi di Adab delle Collezioni della Banca d’Italia. Roma: Banca d’Italia.
- Westenholz 2014 = Westenholz, Aage (2014): A Third-Millennium Miscellany Of Cuneiform Texts. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 26. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press.