| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | 2 sila3 a-ga-de3ki i3 ḫar-ra-num2 | 2 sila/litres according to the standard of Akkade of oil (aromatized) with ḫarrānum aromatic; |
| o. 2 | 6 sila3 i3 eren babbar | 6 sila/litres of oil (aromatized) with ‚white‘ cedar; |
| o. 3 | 3 sila3 i3 ši-iq-dum | 3 sila/litres of almond oil: |
| o. 4 | izim nisaĝ-ka | at the nisaĝ („first produce“) festival; |
| o. 5 | lugal-nisaĝ-e | Lugalnisaĝe |
| r. 1 | šu ba-ti | has received it. |
| r. 2 | 13 mu 6 iti | Year 13, month 6. |
BIN 08 339
by Walther Sallaberger 
Commentary
The text is cited as „NBC“ (instead of YBC) 1939 by Gelb 1957: 282 s.v. ŠQD šiqdum, and listed by Foster 1982: 122 under the entry for almond oil in Umma C.
o.1 –3: Note the similar composition of oils in BIN 08 318, an expenditure for a journey.
o.4: The nisaĝ festival is the main festival of Umma, celebrated in month IV/July with a procession of the city’s main god Šara; see, e.g., Cohen 2015a: 172-79; Sallaberger 1993: vol. 1, 236–250.
Bibliography
- Cohen 2015a = Cohen, Mark E. (2015): Festivals and Calendars of the Ancient Near East. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL.
- Foster 1982 = Foster, Benjamin R. (1982): Umma in the Sargonic Period. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 20. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books.
- Gelb 1957 = Gelb, Ignace J. (1957): Glossary of Old Akkadian. Materials for the Assyrian Dictionary 3. Chicago: The Trustees of the two Museums.
- Sallaberger 1993 = Sallaberger, Walther (1993): Der kultische Kalender der Ur-III-Zeit. Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 7. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter.