NATN 262 (P120960)
Legal, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | NATN 262 |
|---|---|
| ID | P120960 |
| Museum no. | CBS 09258 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Englund, Robert K. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 10 shekels silver, |
| obverse 2 | labor of Ur-dukuga, |
| obverse 3 | in one year ..., |
| obverse 4 | from PA’u |
| obverse 5 | did Ur-dukuga |
| obverse 6 | recieve; |
| obverse 7 | if |
| obverse 8 | for 1 day he does not work, |
| reverse 1 | that 3 ban2 barley for each (day) will be weighed out, |
| reverse 2 | the royal name he invoked; |
| reverse 3 | 1 PAda, |
| reverse 4 | 1 Ur-Tummal, chief surveyor, |
| reverse 5 | 1 Šeškalla, son of Dudu, |
| reverse 6 | are the witnesses; |
| reverse 7 | from month: “NENEgar,” the 15th day completed, |
| reverse 8 | year: “Simurrum was destroyed.” |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar | |
| 2 | a2 ur-du6-ku3-ga-x | |
| 3 | mu 1(disz)-am3 an-na-DU | |
| 4 | ki PA-u2-ta | |
| 5 | ur-du6-ku3-ga-ke4 | |
| 6 | szu ba-ti | |
| 7 | tukum-bi# | |
| 8 | u4 1(disz)-am3# [ga2-la in-dag] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sze 3(ban2)-ta ag2-e-da | |
| 2 | mu lugal-bi in-pa3 | |
| 3 | 1(disz) PA-da | |
| 4 | 1(disz) ur-tum-al sa12-du5 | |
| 5 | 1(disz) szesz-kal#-la dumu du-du | |
| 6 | lu2-inim-ma-bi-me | |
| 7 | iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba#-zal-ta | |
| 8 | mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul | |
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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