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RTC 019 (P221416)

Administrative, ED IIIb, Girsu · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE

English translation

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Line	English
obverse col 1 1	10 jennies,
obverse col 1 2	1 boxwood footstool,
obverse col 1 3	1 small boxwood figurine,
obverse col 1 4	1 small ... ivory figurine,
obverse col 2 1	did Nin-geškimti,
obverse col 2 2	wife of the governor of Adab,
obverse col 2 3	to Baranamtara,
obverse col 2 4	wife of Lugalanda,
obverse col 2 5	governor
obverse col 2 6	of Lagash,
obverse col 3 1	on the 2nd (delivery)
obverse col 3 2	send.
obverse col 3 3	Anedanumea,
obverse col 3 4	her man,
obverse col 3 5	who with Malgasu
obverse col 3 6	came,
obverse col 3 7	brought;
obverse col 3 8	1 pair of exquisite garments,
obverse col 4 1	did Nin-geškimti
obverse col 4 2	to Malga(su)
obverse col 4 3	give.
obverse col 4 4	120 mana copper,
obverse col 4 5	5 mana tin and bronze,
reverse col 1 1	did Baranamtara,
reverse col 1 2	wife of Lugalanda,
reverse col 1 3	governor
reverse col 1 4	of Lagash,
reverse col 1 5	on the 2nd (delivery)
reverse col 2 1	to Nin-geškimti,
reverse col 2 2	wife of the governor of Adab,
reverse col 2 3	send;
reverse col 2 4	Malga(su)
reverse col 2 5	with (Anedanumea) brought;
reverse col 2 6	1 outer garment made of wool,
reverse col 3 1	1 ceremonial garment and thin beaten garment;
reverse col 3 2	1 flask of scented oil,
reverse col 3 3	did Baranamtara
reverse col 3 4	to Anedanumea
reverse col 3 5	give; 3rd (year).

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	1(u@c) munus-ama ansze \|SZUL.GI\|
2	1(asz@c) {gesz}giri3-gub {gesz}taskarin
3	1(asz@c) dim3 {gesz}taskarin tur
4	1(asz@c) dim3 zu2 am-si HA-HAR-ka tur
obverse col 2
1	nin-geszkim-ti
2	dam ensi2 adab{ki}-ka-ke4
3	bara2-nam-tar-ra
4	dam lugal-an-da
5	ensi2
6	lagasz{ki}-ka-ra
obverse col 3
1	2(disz@t)-kam-ma-ka
2	szu mu-na-tak4
3	a-ne-da-nu-me-a
4	lu2-ni
5	ma-al-ga-su3-da
6	mu-da-gen-na-a
7	mu-de6
8	1(asz@c) tug2 szu du7-a e2-ba-an
obverse col 4
1	nin-geszkim-ti-e
2	ma-al-ga
3	mu-na-szum2
4	2(gesz2@c) ma-na a-ru12-da
5	5(asz@c) ma-na nagga zabar3
reverse col 1
1	bara2-nam-tar-ra
2	dam lugal-an-da
3	ensi2
4	lagasz{ki}-ka-ke4
5	2(disz@t)-kam-ma-ka
reverse col 2
1	nin-geszkim-ti
2	dam ensi2 adab{ki}-ka-ra
3	szu e-na-tak4
4	ma-al-ga
5	e-da-de6
6	1(asz@c) tug2 nig2-bar-ba siki u2-ka
reverse col 3
1	1(asz@c) tug2 nig2-lam2 bar-dul5 sal-la ra-a
2	1(asz@c) szagan i3-ir-a
3	bara2-nam-tar-ra
4	a-ne-da-nu-me-a
5	e-na-szum2 3(\|ASZxDISZ@t\|)

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