BM 027692 (P202862)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM 027692 |
|---|---|
| ID | P202862 |
| Museum no. | BM 027692 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| 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 | Basket-of-tablets: |
| obverse 2 | Irrigation, ..., |
| obverse 3 | of the chief household administrators |
| obverse 4 | grand totals of barakara(-laborers), |
| obverse 5 | from Girsu |
| obverse 6 | to Guabba, |
| obverse 7 | accounts of (labor-)troops of fodder-reed, |
| obverse 8 | are here; |
| obverse 9 | year: “The king Šašrum destroyed.” |
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 | pisan-dub-ba | |
| 2 | [a]-de2-a gesz bala-a de6-a | |
| 3 | szabra-ne | |
| 4 | nigin-ba bar-ra kar | |
| 5 | gir2-su{ki}-ta | |
| 6 | gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3 | |
| 7 | nig2-ka9-ak erin2 gi-zi | |
| 8 | i3-gal2 | |
| 9 | mu lugal-e sza-asz-ru-um{ki} mu-hul | |
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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