Syracuse 018 (P130569)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Syracuse 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P130569 |
| Museum no. | SUL 439 |
| 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
By Englund, Robert K. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 11 1/3 shekels, 25 grains of silver, |
| obverse 2 | replaced deficit of the fishermen , |
| obverse 3 | from Ur-Šara, |
| obverse 4 | did Akalla |
| reverse 1 | receive; |
| reverse 2 | month “...” (7th month, Umma calender), |
| reverse 3 | year: “The priestess of Nanna with a goat was determined” (Šulgi 43). |
| seal 1 1 | Akalla, |
| seal 1 2 | scribe, |
| seal 1 3 | son of Ur-nigar, cattle manager. |
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 | 1(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 2(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar | |
| 2 | la2-ia3 su-ga szu-ku6-e-ne | |
| 3 | ki ur-{d}szara2-ta | |
| 4 | a-kal-la | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu ba-ti | |
| 2 | iti min-esz3 | |
| 3 | mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3 | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | a-kal-la | |
| 2 | dub-sar | |
| 3 | dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3 | |
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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