Buried History 16-20/1 (P200027)
Letter, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Buried History 16-20/1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P200027 |
| Museum no. | IA X |
| Collection | Australian Institute of Archaeology, Melbourne,Victoria, Australia |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | To Lala |
| obverse 2 | speak! |
| obverse 3 | Barley, regular rations, in the road, 3 gur: |
| obverse 4 | Rigabada |
| obverse 5 | should give it to him! |
| reverse 1 | May he not return to the matter! |
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 | la-la-ra | |
| 2 | u3-na-a-du11 | |
| 3 | sze sa2-du11 sila-a 3(asz) gur-am3 | |
| 4 | ri-ba-ga-da | |
| 5 | he2-na-ab-szum2-mu | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | na-mi-gur-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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