Nisaba 15/2 0423 r.10-12


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r. 10[šu-niĝen2] 23,24.0.4 5 sila3 / še-ĝeš-i3[glossary=še-ĝeš-i3] gurtotal of 421,245 litres of sesame seeds,
r. 11 ⸢apin⸣-la2 didli various leases;
r. 12 [i7] na-bi2-dsul-[geki] (region of the) canal Nabi-Sulge
Commentary

The field Nabi-Sulge is in the Irisaĝrig region; note Nisaba 15/2 0203 with field work there.

Table sesame per year (see also Heimpel 2013: 204, with some incomplete numbers)

year amount in litres
ŠS. 1 1,20.1.0 24,060
ŠS. 2 ⸢4⸣,34.4.0 82,440
ŠS. 3 2,31.3.4 45,520
ŠS. 4 5,57.3.0 107,280
ŠS. 5 2,29.3.0 44,880
ŠS. 6 4,34.3.5 82,430
ŠS. 7 1,55.2.1 5 sila3 34,635
total 23,24.0.4 5 sila3 421,245
calculated „19,260.19.10 5 sila3“ =

23,24.0.4 5 sila3

421,245

Bibliography

  • Heimpel 2013 = Heimpel, Wolfgang (2013): Āl-šarrākī and Sesame Cultivation in Sumer, in: Owen, David I. (ed.), Cuneiform Texts Primarily from Iri-Saĝrig/Āl-Šarrākī and the History of the Ur III Period 1. Nisaba 15. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL, 201-205.