BM 022018 (P202947)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM 022018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P202947 |
| Museum no. | BM 022018 |
| 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 | sheep, fat-tailed sheep, stationed, |
| obverse 3 | that came in during plucking time, |
| obverse 4 | sheep of Abi-simti, the queen, |
| obverse 5 | sheep of Taddin-Eštar, princess, |
| reverse 1 | and Ur-Ištaran, prince, |
| reverse 2 | are here; |
| reverse 3 | foreman Šarakam, the governor, |
| reverse 4 | and foreman Ur-Baba, son of Gududu, |
| reverse 5 | via Igi'aya, rider, |
| reverse 6 | in Girsu, |
| reverse 7 | year: “... .” |
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 | udu gukkal gub-ba | |
| 3 | zu2-si-ka ku4-ra | |
| 4 | udu a-bi2-si2-im-ti nin | |
| 5 | udu ta2-di3-esz18-dar dumu lugal | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ur-{d}isztaran dumu lugal | |
| 2 | i3-gal2 | |
| 3 | ugula {d}szara2-kam ensi2 | |
| 4 | u3 ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu gu-du-du | |
| 5 | giri3 igi-a-a ra2-gaba | |
| 6 | sza3 gir2-su{ki} | |
| 7 | mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-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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