NYPL 387 (P122924)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | NYPL 387 |
|---|---|
| ID | P122924 |
| Museum no. | NYPLC 405 |
| Collection | New York Public Library, New York, New York, 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 Cripps, Eric · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 4 1/3 shekels silver, |
| obverse 2 | its barley to be measured out at harvest: 1 gur 1 barig each (shekel), |
| obverse 3 | from Ur-Lamma |
| obverse 4 | did Lu-guza, son of Lu-maḫ of Sagub |
| reverse 1 | receive; |
| reverse 2 | in month “GANmaš” to be replaced; |
| reverse 3 | royal name entered; |
| reverse 4 | month “Festival-of-Baba,” |
| reverse 5 | year: “Lord of Karzida.” |
| obverse 1 | 4 1/3 shekels silver, |
| obverse 2 | its barley at harvest: 1 gur 1 barig each (shekel) |
| obverse 3 | to be measured out; |
| obverse 4 | from Ur-Lamma son of Ur-nig, |
| obverse 5 | under seal of Lu-guza, son of Lu-maḫ of Sagub |
| reverse 2' | month “Festival-of-Baba,” |
| reverse 3' | year: “Lord of Nanna of Karzida.” |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 4(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar# | |
| 2 | sze buru14 a-na-ag2-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur-ta | |
| 3 | ki ur-{d}lamma-ta | |
| 4 | lu2#-gu-za dumu lu2-mah sag-ub3{ki}-ke4 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu ba-ti | |
| 2 | iti GAN2-masz su-su-dam | |
| 3 | mu lugal i3#-gal2 | |
| 4 | iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6 | |
| 5 | mu en kar-zi-da | |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 4(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2# ku3#-babbar | |
| 2 | sze buru14-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) gur-ta | |
| 3 | [...]-ag2#-dam# | |
| 4 | ki ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-nig2 | |
| 5 | kiszib3 lu2-{gesz}gu-za [dumu lu2]-mah#? sag-ub3{ki} | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | iti# [ezem-{d}ba-ba6] | |
| 3' | mu en {d#}[nanna] kar-zi-da | |
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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