CUSAS 39, 062 (P253740)
Receipt, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 39, 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P253740 |
| Museum no. | MS 4715/16 |
| Collection | Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Receipt |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 120 gur of barley |
| obverse 2 | instead of beer of the bala. |
| obverse 3 | From Ur-Šulgi. |
| obverse 4 | Ur-Eninnu |
| obverse 5 | received. |
| reverse 1 | Conveyor: Ur-Baba. |
| reverse 2 | Within Adab. |
| reverse 3 | Month: “Eating the Goose(?).” |
| reverse 4 | Year: “The En-priest of Inanna of Uruk was chosen by omen.” |
| seal 1 col 1 1 | Ibbi-Suen, |
| seal 1 col 1 2 | strong king, |
| seal 1 col 1 3 | king of Ur, |
| seal 1 col 1 4 | king of the four quarters (of the world): |
| seal 1 col 2 1 | Ur-Eninnu, |
| seal 1 col 2 2 | scribe, |
| seal 1 col 2 3 | son of Ur-...-kuga-... , |
| seal 1 col 2 4 | the man (of? . . . is your slave). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2(gesz2) sze gur | |
| 2 | mu kasz# bala-a-sze3# | |
| 3 | ki ur-{d}szul-gi-ra-ta | |
| 4 | ur-e2-ninnu | |
| 5 | szu ba-ti | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3 ur-ba-ba | |
| 2 | sza3 adab{ki} | |
| 3 | iti u5-bi2-gu7 | |
| 4 | mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2-e in-pa3 | |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}i-bi2-{d}suen | |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2?-ba | |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | ur-e2-ninnu | |
| 2 | dub-sar | |
| 3 | dumu ur-AB#?-[...]-ku3-ga#? | |
| 4 | lu2 [x] | |
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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