MVN 13, 881 & 882 (P117652)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | MVN 13, 881 & 882 |
|---|---|
| ID | P117652 |
| Museum no. | FLP 0280 |
| Collection | Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Coordinates | 32.0591, 45.2922 |
English translation
By Cripps, Eric · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 2 shekels of silver, |
| obverse 2 | its barley 2 gur 2 barig; |
| obverse 3 | the harvest will remit this debt, should (it) be inundated; |
| obverse 4 | Ba’amu |
| reverse 1 | by the royal name has sworn; |
| reverse 2 | from Nanna-igi |
| reverse 3 | did Ba’amu |
| reverse 4 | receive; |
| reverse 5 | month “Mekigal,” |
| reverse 6 | year: “The en priestess of Nanna by omens was chosen.” |
| obverse 1 | 2 shekels of silver, |
| obverse 2 | its barley 2 gur 2 barig; |
| obverse 3 | the harvest will remit this debt, should (it) be inundated; |
| reverse 1 | by the royal name he has sworn; |
| reverse 2 | from Nanna-igi |
| reverse 3 | did Ba’amu receive; |
| reverse 4 | month “Mekigal,” |
| reverse 5 | year: “The en priestess of Nanna by omens was chosen.” |
| seal 1 1 | did Ba’amu, |
| seal 1 2 | son of Gude’a. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | |
| 2 | sze-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) gur | |
| 3 | buru14# ama-bi gi4#-gi4 su3-su3-da# | |
| 4 | ba-a-mu | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu lugal-bi in-pa3 | |
| 2 | ki {d}nanna-i3-gi-ta | |
| 3 | ba-a-mu | |
| 4 | szu ba-ti | |
| 5 | iti me-gi8-gal2 | |
| 6 | [mu en] {d}nanna masz2-e i3-pa3 | |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar | |
| 2 | sze-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) gur | |
| 3 | buru14 ama-bi gi4-gi4 su3-su3-da | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu lugal-bi in-pa3# | |
| 2 | ki {d}nanna-i3-gi-ta | |
| 3 | ba-a-mu# szu ba-ti | |
| 4 | iti# me#-gi8#-gal2# | |
| 5 | mu [en {d}]nanna# [masz2-e] i3-pa3 | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ba-a-mu | |
| 2 | dumu gu3-de2-a | |
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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