AUCT 2, 138 (P103956)
Legal, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | AUCT 2, 138 |
|---|---|
| ID | P103956 |
| Museum no. | AUAM 73.3158 |
| Collection | Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Lafont, Bertrand · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | After the harvest, |
| obverse 2 | the oil deficit |
| obverse 3 | Aḫi-ṭāb |
| obverse 4 | declared, “I will replace it!” |
| obverse 5 | He swore by the royal name; |
| reverse 1 | If he has not replaced it, |
| reverse 2 | it is a capital crime; |
| reverse 3 | one Inim-Inanna-še, |
| reverse 4 | one Lugal-itida, |
| reverse 5 | one Lu-gina, |
| reverse 6 | one Ur-saga, |
| reverse 7 | one Ur-kununa, |
| reverse 8 | are the witnesses; |
| reverse 9 | month: “Harvest,” |
| reverse 10 | year: “Urbilum was destroyed.” |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | egir buru14-sze3 | |
| 2 | la2-ia3 i3 | |
| 3 | a-hi-t,a-be2 | |
| 4 | ga-ab-su bi2-in-du11 | |
| 5 | mu lugal-bi in-pa3 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | tukum-bi nu-un-su | |
| 2 | szer7-da-am3 | |
| 3 | 1(disz) inim-{d}inanna-sze3 | |
| 4 | 1(disz) lugal-iti-da | |
| 5 | 1(disz) lu2-gi-na | |
| 6 | 1(disz) ur-sa6-ga | |
| 7 | 1(disz) ur-ku3-nun-na | |
| 8 | lu2-inim-ma-bi-me | |
| 9 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | |
| 10 | mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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