BM 018835 (P202956)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM 018835 |
|---|---|
| ID | P202956 |
| Museum no. | BM 018835 |
| 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 | inspections of |
| obverse 3 | the house of the chairholder, |
| obverse 4 | the house of the exchange agents, |
| obverse 5 | the house of Nabasa, |
| obverse 6 | the house of the fatteners, |
| reverse 1 | the house of Lugal-igi, |
| reverse 2 | and the house of Ur-Utu, |
| reverse 3 | in Girsu |
| reverse 4 | are in here |
| reverse 5 | 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 | gurum2 ak | |
| 3 | e2 gu-za-la2 | |
| 4 | 2(disz) e2 dam-gar3 | |
| 5 | e2 na-ba-sa6 | |
| 6 | 2(disz) e2 kuruszda | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | e2 lugal-igi | |
| 2 | u3 e2 ur-{d}utu | |
| 3 | sza3 gir2-su{ki} | |
| 4 | i3-gal2 | |
| 5 | mu en {d}nanna | |
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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