BM 025899 (P205002)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM 025899 |
|---|---|
| ID | P205002 |
| Museum no. | BM 025899 |
| 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 | extended tablets of |
| obverse 3 | scicles |
| obverse 4 | axes and copper, |
| reverse 1 | are here; |
| reverse 2 | year: “The en(-priest) of Eridu was hired.” |
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 | dub gid2-da | |
| 3 | {uruda}gur10 | |
| 4 | {uruda}ha-bu2-da u3 uruda | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i3-gal2 | |
| 2 | mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun | |
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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