BM Messenger 257 (P107136)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM Messenger 257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P107136 |
| Museum no. | BM 020173 |
| 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 | sheep, fat-tailed sheep stationed, |
| obverse 3 | Abi-simti |
| obverse 4 | foreman Ši’aya, cattle manager, |
| obverse 5 | sheep k., |
| obverse 6 | foreman Lu-Nanna, chief household administrator of the queen, |
| reverse 1 | sheep of the palace, |
| reverse 2 | foreman Namḫani, cattle manager, |
| reverse 3 | are here; |
| reverse 4 | in Girsu, |
| reverse 5 | year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, Big-Stele for Enlil Ninlil, erected.” |
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 | udu gukkal gub-ba | |
| 3 | a-bi2-si2-im-ti | |
| 4 | ugula szi-a-a szusz3 | |
| 5 | udu ku-ba-tum | |
| 6 | ugula lu2-{d}nanna szabra nin | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | udu e2-gal | |
| 2 | ugula nam-ha-ni szusz3 | |
| 3 | i3-gal2 | |
| 4 | sza3 gir2-su{ki} | |
| 5 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3 | |
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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