BM Messenger 256 (P107135)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM Messenger 256 |
|---|---|
| ID | P107135 |
| Museum no. | BM 021219 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
English translation
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | Basket-of-tablets: |
| obverse 2 | inspections of |
| obverse 3 | personnel, |
| obverse 4 | oxen of the plow, |
| obverse 5 | foreman Šeškala, |
| obverse 6 | and Ur-engaldudu, |
| reverse 1 | house ..., |
| reverse 2 | are here. |
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 | pisan-dub-ba | |
| 2 | gurum2-ak | |
| 3 | giri3-se3-ga | |
| 4 | gu4-apin-la2-kam | |
| 5 | ugula szesz-kal-la | |
| 6 | u3 ur-en-gal-du-du | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | e2 [...] | |
| 2 | i3-gal2 | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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