TCS 1, 216 (P145724)
Letter, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TCS 1, 216 |
|---|---|
| ID | P145724 |
| Museum no. | PTS 0313 |
| Collection | Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| 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 | To Ur-gepar |
| obverse 2 | speak! |
| obverse 3 | Workmen, 10 of them, |
| obverse 4 | the boat of pots to unload, |
| reverse 1 | to Lu-Šara |
| reverse 2 | may he give! |
| reverse 3 | May ... with it return! |
| seal 1 1 | Lukalla, |
| seal 1 2 | scribe, |
| seal 1 3 | son of Ur-E’e, 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 | ur-ge6-par4 | |
| 2 | u3-na-a-du11 | |
| 3 | gurusz 1(u)-am3 | |
| 4 | ma2 dug ba-al-e-de3 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu2-{d}szara2-ra | |
| 2 | he2-na-szum2-mu | |
| 3 | lu2 us2-gar he2-eb-da-an-gi4-gi4 | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-kal-la | |
| 2 | dub-sar | |
| 3 | dumu ur-ur-e11-e 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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