TCS 1, 177 & ITT 2, 00866 (P145700)
Letter, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TCS 1, 177 & ITT 2, 00866 |
|---|---|
| ID | P145700 |
| Museum no. | Ist L 00866 & MAH 16278 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| 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 | To Nani |
| obverse 2 | speak: |
| obverse 3 | 60 gur of barley |
| obverse 4 | to Elak-šuqir |
| obverse 5 | may he give; |
| reverse 1 | there is no recourse, |
| reverse 2 | it is his burden. |
| reverse 3 | Should he |
| reverse 4 | not give (the barley) to him, |
| reverse 5 | it will, out his own household, |
| reverse 6 | be redeemed. |
| seal 1 col 1 1 | Šu-Suen, |
| seal 1 col 1 2 | strong king, |
| seal 1 col 1 3 | king of Ur, |
| seal 1 col 1 4 | king of the four corners: |
| seal 1 col 2 1 | ARAD-Nanna, |
| seal 1 col 2 2 | sukkalmaḫ, |
| seal 1 col 2 3 | son of Ur-Šulpa’e, |
| seal 1 col 2 4 | sukkalmaḫ, |
| seal 1 col 2 5 | is your servant. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | na-ni | |
| 2 | u3-na-a-du11 | |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) sze gur | |
| 4 | e-la-ak-szu-qir-ra | |
| 5 | he2-na-ab-szum2-mu | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | na-mi-gur-re | |
| 2 | gu2-na-kam | |
| 3 | tukum-bi | |
| 4 | nu-na-an-szum2 | |
| 5 | e2-a-ni-ta | |
| 6 | ib2-su-su | |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}szu-{d}suen | |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | ARAD2-{d}nanna | |
| 2 | sukkal-mah | |
| 3 | dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | |
| 4 | sukkal-mah | |
| 5 | ARAD2-zu | |
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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