| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | ⸢2c⸣ dug gal[glossary=dug gal] 15 sila3 i3 se2-er-dum[glossary=i3 se2-er-dum] | 2(?) large jars (of 60 litres each) and 15 sila (15 litres) of olive oil, |
| o. 2 | dug tur[glossary=dug tur] 10c la2 1c | (in) nine small jars (= 135 litres): |
| o. 3 | lugal-iri-da | Lugal-irida |
| r. 1 | šu ba-ti | received them. |
| r. 2 | ———— | |
| r. 3 | zi-ga | Expended |
| r. 4 | ⸢dšara2⸣-i3-sa6 | by Šara-isa |
RTC 216
by Walther Sallaberger 
Commentary
o.1-2: Obviously the 9 „small jars“ (dug tur[glossary=dug tur]) in line 2 indicate the measuring containers in which the olive oil was given out. The syntax with the number (9) after the counted item (dug tur) excludes a list with a second entry of olive oil. Measuring jars contained 20 or 30 sila (litres, (???)); in comparison with AO 03411 (CDLI P491932), Colonna d’Istria (in print) has shown that a „large jar“ (dug gal) contained 60 sila. The amount given as 15 sila thus corresponded to a quarter of large jar or to one „small jar“ (dug tur). We therefore deal with an amount of 135 sila (litres) of olive oil.
o.3: For Lugalirida, no specific role can be identified in the Lagaš II corpus (discussed by Lehmann 2016 ; text listed also by Maiocchi/Visicato 2020).
r.4: Šara-isa was the leading manager of special goods issued by the central organisation of Girsu in the Lagaš II period (Lehmann 2016 ).
Bibliography
- Lehmann 2016 = Lehmann, Ulrich (2016): dšára-ì-sa6 und ur-ba-gára. Untersuchungen zu den Verwaltungstexten der neusumerischen Lagaš II-Periode aus Girsu. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 430. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.
- Maiocchi/Visicato 2020 = Maiocchi, Massimo; Visicato, Giuseppe (2020): Administration at Girsu in Gudea's Time. Antichista 27. Studi orientali 10. Venezia: Edizioni Ca'Foscari.