MVN 18, 516 (P119877)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | MVN 18, 516 |
|---|---|
| ID | P119877 |
| Museum no. | MM 0711a |
| Collection | Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
English translation
By Molina, Manuel · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | From the field of Kamari |
| obverse 2 | the water was diverted |
| obverse 3 | (and) a (fish)pond was laid out ... |
| reverse 2' | ... entered ... |
| reverse 3' | n gur? of smoked fish |
| reverse 4' | by Ur-gigir |
| reverse 5' | are to be repaid; |
| reverse 6' | year following: “Simanum was destroyed.” |
| seal 1 1 | Ur-gigir, |
| seal 1 2 | scribe, |
| seal 1 3 | son of Bara-AN. |
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 | a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2-ta | |
| 2 | a ba-ra-ha-asz | |
| 3 | bur ba#-an#-nu2# | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [x] ba#-an-kux(KWU147)# [...] | |
| 3' | [n] ku6-sze6 gur#? | |
| 4' | ur-{gesz}gigir-ke4 | |
| 5' | su-su-dam | |
| 6' | mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{gesz}gigir | |
| 2 | dub-sar | |
| 3 | dumu [bar]-ra#-AN | |
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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