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JCS 57, 029 09 (P293609)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 57, 029 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293609 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04317 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(disz) sila3 kasz 1(disz) sila3 ninda saga-ta | 21 workdays, male laborers, 1 sila3 of beer, (as well as a) good quality bread, |
| 2 | lu2 azlag2 x gesz-gi kux(KWU147)-ra | the fuller ... the reed bed, |
| 3 | giri3 du11-ga-ni | via Dugani |
| 4 | {d}utu-du10 sukkal maszkim | Šamaš-ṭāb, the messenger, responsible official |
| 5 | ki e2-a-dingir | from Ea-dingir |
| 6 | 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) [ninda?] saga ur-giri3 lu2 kin-gi4-<a> a-bi2#-si2-im-ti nin# unu{ki}-ta gen-na | 1 ban2 of beer, 1 ban 2 of good bread for the dog messenger of Abī-simti the lady who came from Uruk |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki e2-a-luh maszkim | from Ea-luḫ, responsible official; |
| 2 | 1(ban2) ninda muszen-du3 ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | 1 ban2 of bird-feather bread from Ur-Šulpa’e, |
| 3 | 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda szu-esz18-dar lu2 kin-gi4-<a> szar-i3-li2 ensi2 unu{ki} HU-gar3 sukkal | 1 ban2 of beer, 1 ban2, bread for Šū-Ishtar the messenger Sargon (II) governor of Uruk HU-gar the messenger |
| 4 | a-an-na-ti sukkal maszkim# | Ānati, the messenger, responsible official |
Sources & licences
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