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MLC 02309 (P296868)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | MLC 02309 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296868 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02309 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | 2(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz | 2 (gur) 4 barig 2 ban2 5 sila3 beer, |
| 2 | 2(disz) kasz dida du 3(ban2) | 2 wort-beer, regular quality, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) |
| 3 | 2(disz) kasz dida du 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 | 2 wort-beer, regular quality, 1 ban2 5 sila3 |
| 4 | 2(asz) 9(disz) sila3 ninda du | 2 9 sila3 regular bread, |
| 5 | 1(barig) 3(ban2) dabin | 1 barig 3 ban2 barley flour, |
| 6 | 3(ban2) sze | 3 ban2 of barley |
| 7 | 1(disz) udu | 1 sheep |
| surface b | ||
| 1 | 1(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 1 ban2 4 1/2 sila3 2 shekels sesame oil |
| 2 | 8(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 igi-sag szum2-gaz | 8 5/6 sila3 6 shekels onions |
| 3 | 5(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 naga gum | 5 5/6 sila3 4 shekels alkali-plant |
| 4 | sa2-du11 kas4 sza3 an-za-gar3 i7 gir2-su{ki} | regular offerings, runners in the center of the tower of the Girsu canal; |
| 5 | giri3 lu2-du10-ga sukkal kas4# | via Lu-duga, messenger |
| surface c | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 lu2-kal-la | under seal of Lukalla |
| 2 | iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar | month: “Bricks cast in moulds,’ |
| 3 | u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam | the 29th day, |
| 4 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3 | year following: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the Amorite wall Muriq-tidnim erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}nun-gal | Ur-Nungal, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-{d}szara2 | son of Ur-Šara, |
| seal 2 | ||
| 1 | lu2-kal-la | Lukalla |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-e11-e szusz3 | son of Ur-e’e, cattle manager |
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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