MVN 11, E (P116240)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | MVN 11, E |
|---|---|
| ID | P116240 |
| Museum no. | SM 1909.05.086 |
| 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
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | Basket-of-tablets: |
| obverse 2 | fields kept (for) |
| obverse 3 | the shipyard workers |
| obverse 4 | the surveyors |
| obverse 5 | the granary supervisors |
| obverse 6 | the gardeners |
| obverse 7 | the scribes of oxen and sheeps |
| reverse 1 | the personnel of |
| reverse 2 | the temple of Ningirsu and Baba |
| reverse 3 | the soldiers of the governor |
| reverse 4 | the doorkeepers |
| reverse 5 | (and) the "morning boat" |
| reverse 6 | 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 | a-sza3 du3-du3-a | |
| 3 | lu2 mar-sa | |
| 4 | sa12-du5 | |
| 5 | ka-guru7 | |
| 6 | szandana | |
| 7 | dub-sar gu4 udu | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3-se3-ga | |
| 2 | e2 {d}nin-gir2-su u3 {d}ba-ba6 | |
| 3 | aga3-us2 ensi2 | |
| 4 | i3-du8-me | |
| 5 | ma2-u4-zal-la | |
| 6 | i3-gal2 | |
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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