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MM 1961:021 :: tablet

Object description

Sumerian administration document from the city of Um = Umma. “Garments from Dingira weighed by the governor.” Translation: Obv: (1)4 ni3-lam2 garments, Xth quality, (2)their weight: 6 1/2 minas of combed wool of the mountain/foreign (sheep); (3)8 guz-za garments, 5th quality, (4)their weight: 31 1/2 minas (5)of combed wool of the mountain/foreign (sheep); (6)1 sag u¸s-bar garment, (7)its weight: 4 1/3 minas of picked wool; (8)6 mug garments, (9)8 mug garments, medium-quality,

Rev: (10)their weight: 50 1/2 minas of mug wool; (11)2 linen, 5th quality; (12)from Dingira; (13)The governor weighed out. (14)– (15)The month of the 6-month house (viii); The year after the year: The temple of Puzri¸s-Dagan (16)was built. (¯S 40)

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References (4)

Inventory number

MM 1961:021

Serie nummer

905

Object

tablet

Country - Findspot

Iraq : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Irak

Place - Findspot

Um = Umma

Material

Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Dr. Alfred Haldar in Uppsala gift

Description

Period

Third Dynasty of Ur ca 2100-2000 BC. ¯S = ¯Sulgi (2094–2047 BC)40(?)/viii/–;

Exhibition - Previously

Främre Orienten

Description: Near Eastern Collections
Among the highlights in the Near Eastern collection, are the Bronze Age objects found by professor T Arne, during the Swedish excavations of 1932 in Shah Tepe in northeastern Iran.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities also has one of the world's largest and finest collections of ancient Persian bronzes from Bronze- and Iron Age Luristan(2700 BC – 650 BC.
From Mesopotamia the museum has a representative collection of cuneiform tablets and seals from Sumerian and Babylonian times.
A relief from the Northwest palace in Nimrud, built by the Assyrian king Assurnasirpal II and dated to 860 BC, can be seen at the museum. Across the relief is a long inscription that tells the story of the king and his achievements.
The Englishman Austin Henry excavated the relief in the 1840’s in Iraq and presented it to Queen Josephine of Sweden. She in turn donated it to The National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm for its opening in 1866.A copy of the original relief is on display for the time being at the museum. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-08)
The exhibition is located in room 9.
Time - Start: 20002000 [?]
Time - End: 20122012 [?]

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:05.

Comments

Ex. case no. 7a.

This text is a list of different garments of various qualities and materials provided by the official Dingira to the governor of Umma. The text is a good example of how the governor, having the ultimate responsibility for the textile industry in Umma, had to control the weights of the different garments provided by one of his subordinates: Dingira, the foreman of the fullers (ugula aslag). Another high official involved in the textile industry of Umma was the foreman of the female weavers (ugula u¸s-bar). Since the female millers in Umma also were weaving, the third important official within the extensive textile industry of Umma was the foreman of the female millers (ugula kikken2).

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