BM 021721 (P203835)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM 021721 |
|---|---|
| ID | P203835 |
| Museum no. | BM 021721 |
| 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 | accounts of |
| obverse 3 | Lu-Baba, |
| obverse 4 | son of Lu-Utu, |
| obverse 5 | oxen and donkeys of the nagabtum |
| obverse 6 | the house of sheep |
| reverse 1 | from the plow-oxen, grand totals, |
| reverse 2 | chairholders, debts, ..., |
| reverse 3 | shepherds of nagabtum |
| reverse 4 | sheep of ..., |
| reverse 5 | are here; |
| reverse 6 | 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 | nig2-ka9 ak | |
| 3 | lu2-{d}ba-ba6 | |
| 4 | dumu lu2-{d}utu | |
| 5 | gu4 ansze na-gab2-tum | |
| 6 | e2 udu | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | gu4-apin-ta nigin2-nigin2-na | |
| 2 | gu-za-la2 la2-ia3 e3 du3-a-bi | |
| 3 | sipa na-gab2-tum | |
| 4 | udu PAD-ra | |
| 5 | i3-gal2 | |
| 6 | mu ha-ar-szi{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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