<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-10-25</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel xml:lang="en">tablet</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>3400436</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="en">Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-MM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="en">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3400436</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>MM 1977:020</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="en">Sumerian administration document from the city of Um = Umma. “Livestock from various individuals for siskur2 rituals. Sealed: governor.”; siskur2. Translation: Obv: (1)5 sheep with fleece, (2)the best quality, of the Elamites(?), (3)from Igi-ayya, the ¯Sagina-commander, (4)the shepherd, the envoy, (and) the conveyer; (5)3 sheep with fleece, (6)1 goat, (7)(for) the siskur2-ritual (in which) the field was “tied up”, (8)responsible: the incantation priests; (9)2 sheep with fleece, (10)2 goats,
Rev: (11–14)..., (15)(for) the siskur2-ritual ..., (16)responsible: Lugal-...; (17)Sealed by the governor; (18)The year: The (statue of the) god Nanna of the city Karzida was brought into his temple for the second time. (¯S 36).</pres:description><pres:content xml:lang="en">MM 1977:020, Ex. case no. 7g.
This text belongs to a group of Umma texts describing rites/offerings conducted in fields, in our case by incantation priests (ma¸s-ma¸s). The text group is described by Sallaberger, who also offers a complete list of references to other similar texts from Umma. Our text is not dated with a month formula but it seems as if this kind of rite was conducted in the first month of the year, i.e. at the beginning of the harvest period., Sallaberger 1993, 264–270, esp. 266f., Magnus Widell 2005, Främre Orienten, Iraq, Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:05.</pres:content><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="en">Brukad</pres:event><pres:timeLabel xml:lang="en">Third Dynasty of Ur ca 2100-2000 BC. ¯S = ¯Sulgi (2094–2047 BC);</pres:timeLabel></pres:context><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="en">Funnen</pres:event><pres:placeLabel xml:lang="en">Asien, Irak, Um = Umma</pres:placeLabel></pres:context><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3823322/representation</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3823323/representation</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="en">Kaneberg, Ove</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="en">Utgången upphovsrätt</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3823325/representation</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3823326/representation</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="en">Kaneberg, Ove</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="en">Utgången upphovsrätt</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3823328/representation</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3823329/representation</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="en">Kaneberg, Ove</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="en">Utgången upphovsrätt</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:references><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3909963</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914802</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914803</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3917983</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3917984</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953894</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953902</pres:reference></pres:references><pres:representations><pres:representation format="HTML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3400436</pres:representation><pres:representation format="XML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3400436</pres:representation><pres:representation format="RDF">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3400436</pres:representation></pres:representations></pres:item>