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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)

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).