OTR 005 (P122940)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | OTR 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P122940 |
| Museum no. | CULC 268 |
| Collection | Columbia University 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
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | Basket-of-tablets: |
| obverse 2 | barley received by the (labor-) troops |
| obverse 3 | accounts of barley collected |
| obverse 4 | from year: "Anšan was destroyed" |
| obverse 5 | to year: "the wall of the land was built" |
| obverse 6 | amounting to 4 years |
| reverse 1 | taxes delivered |
| reverse 2 | from year: "the en-priest (was installed) in Eridu" |
| reverse 3 | to year after the year: "the wall of the land was built" |
| reverse 4 | amounting to 10 years |
| reverse 5 | 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 | sze erin2-e szu ti-a | |
| 3 | nig2-ka9 szu su-ba | |
| 4 | mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul-ta | |
| 5 | mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3-sze3 | |
| 6 | mu 4(disz)-kam | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | gu2-un de6-a | |
| 2 | mu en eridu{ki}-ta | |
| 3 | mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-du3-sze3# | |
| 4 | mu 1(u)-kam | |
| 5 | 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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