MVN 11, 004 (P116018)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | MVN 11, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P116018 |
| Museum no. | SM 1909.05.001 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
English translation
By Englund, Robert K. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 3 mana 1 1/2 shekel 15 grains silver, |
| obverse 2 | 4 2/3 mana resin of Ninebtum (?), |
| obverse 3 | the remainder of |
| obverse 4 | year after: “The wall of the land was erected;” |
| reverse 1 | 2 barig barley, royal (measure), |
| reverse 2 | remainder |
| reverse 3 | of year: “The high-priestess of Nanna;” |
| reverse 4 | under seal of Ur-saga, manager, to be repaid; |
| reverse 5 | the trade agents will confirm; |
| reverse 6 | year: “Amar-Suen (is) king.” |
| seal 1 1 | Ur-saga |
| seal 1 2 | manager |
| seal 1 3 | of throne bearers. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 3(disz) ma-na 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar | |
| 2 | 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na SZIM {d}nin-eb-tum | |
| 3 | si-i3-tum | |
| 4 | mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-du3 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(barig) sze lugal | |
| 2 | si-i3-tum | |
| 3 | mu en {d}nanna | |
| 4 | kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga nu-banda3 su-su-dam | |
| 5 | dam-gar3-ne-bi gi-ne2-dam | |
| 6 | mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-sa6-ga | |
| 2 | nu-banda3 | |
| 3 | gu-za-la2 | |
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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