YOS 05 204


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o. 10.0.3 še.giš.i₃[glossary=šamaššammū] ⸢tub₂.tub₂⸣.bu[glossary=napāṣum]/ a-na i₃.šeš₄[glossary=pašāšum] a-wi-lim30 qa (30 l) of pounded[glossary=napāṣum] sesame seeds[glossary=šamaššammū] for anointing[glossary=pašāšum] the gentleman
o. 2 2 gur <še> še.giš.i₃ gur-nu-um[glossary=gurnum] 600 qa (600 l) of gurnum-sesame seeds[glossary=gurnum]
o. 3 šu.ti.a ip-qu-ša[individual=Ipquša] i₃.sur[glossary=ṣāḫitum] received by Ipquša[individual=Ipquša], the oil extractor[glossary=ṣāḫitum];
o. 4 0.0.1 a-ḫu-ṭa-bu-⸢um⸣[individual=Aḫu-ṭābuum] i₃.sur 10 qa (10 l): Aḫu-ṭābum[individual=Aḫu-ṭābum], the oil extractor.
o. 5 2.0.4 gur še.giš.i₃ 640 qa (640 l) of sesame seeds
o. 6 ba.zi expended.
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r. 7 iti gu₄.si.sa₂ u₄ 5.kam Month II, Day 5, Year Rīm-Sîn 20.
r. 8 mu ki.sur.raki ba.dab₅.ba
r. 9 u3 gištukul⸣ kal.ga.ni.ta
r. 10 den.lil₂ mu.na.šum ma.tar
u.e. 11 bad3ki ba.ḫul.a
Commentary

This text is interesting because it records sesame seeds at different stages given to oil pressers to produce oil; see Dossier A.1.1.22.

Bibliography

  • Grice 1919 = Grice, Ettalene Mears (1919): Records from Ur and Larsa Dated in the Larsa Dynasty. Yale Oriental Series: Babylonian Texts 5. New Haven: Yale University.