Syracuse 003 (P130554)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Syracuse 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P130554 |
| Museum no. | SUL 230 |
| Collection | Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA |
| 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
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 6 workmen for 5 days, |
| obverse 2 | flour loaded in the barge, |
| obverse 3 | flour unloaded from the barge, |
| obverse 4 | 5 workmen for 6 days, |
| obverse 5 | (animal) offerings placed in the barge, |
| reverse 1 | for the temple administrators, |
| reverse 2 | 6 workmen for 2 days, |
| reverse 3 | reed carried, |
| reverse 4 | read of the tow-boat, foreman: Lugalmu-manag, |
| reverse 5 | under seal of Abbagina; |
| reverse 6 | year: “Amar-Suen, the king, destroyed Urbilum.” |
| seal 1 1 | Abbagina, |
| seal 1 2 | scribe, |
| seal 1 3 | son of Lugal-magure. |
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 | 6(disz) gurusz u4 5(disz)-sze3 | |
| 2 | zi3 ma2-a si-ga | |
| 3 | zi3 ma2-ta ba-al | |
| 4 | 5(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 | |
| 5 | nig2 siskur2-ra ma2-a {ga2#}gar | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sanga-ne?-sze3 | |
| 2 | 6(disz) gurusz-sze3 u4 2(disz)-sze3 | |
| 3 | gi il2-la | |
| 4 | gi ma2-da-la2 ugula lugal-mu-ma-an-ag2 | |
| 5 | kiszib3# ab-ba-gi-na | |
| 6 | [mu] {d#}amar-{d}suen lugal-[e] ur#-bi2-i3-lum{ki} mu-hul | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ab-ba-gi-na | |
| 2 | dub-sar | |
| 3 | dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re | |
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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