J. Cale Johnson < mailto:cale@ucla.edu>
University of California, Los Angeles

 

§4. Valdosta 4 (Amar-Suen, year 5, month 10)

obv.

 

 

1. 2(diš) anše edin-na

Two onagers and

 

2. 2(diš) ud5 šimaški2

two Šimaškian nanny goats

 

3. ba-ug7

slaughtered;

 

4. u4 2(u) 6(diš)-kam

on the 26th day,

rev.

 

 

 

1. ki lugal-he2-gal2-ta

from Lugalhegal

 

2. dšul-gi-iri-gu10

Šulgi’irigu

 

3. šu ba-ti

received.

 

4. iti ezem-an-na

Month: “Festival of An” (month 10, Ur/Drehem).

 

5. mu en-unu6-gal dinanna ba-hun

Year: “Enunugal was appointed as (the en priest of) Inanna” (Amar-Suen, year 5).

 

§4.1. This document records Šulgi-irigu’s receipt of the carcasses of four animals from Lugal-hegal. The Lugal-hegal attested here falls within the known career of a Lugal-hegal who was a “member of the ruling family of Umma” (Dahl 2003: 259) and seemed to have been involved in the care and feeding of working animals such as the onagers mentioned in this text (see Stepien 1996: 38 and 142-143). Although it is plausible that the Lugal-hegal in this text is the lugal-he2-gal2 dumu ur-nigargar mentioned by Dahl and Stepien, I have not yet been able to demonstrate this conclusively.