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HUCA 49, 017 & 053 18 (P298637)
Administrative, ED IIIb, Umma · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | HUCA 49, 017 & 053 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P298637 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06978 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | 1(asz@c) x-x-x-[...] | 1: ... |
| 2 | 1(asz@c) ama-bara2-si lugal-sa#?-x | 1 Ama-barasi, Lugal-sa-x |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) ur-{d}nin-ildu3 | Ur-Ninildu |
| 4 | dumu ur-{d}en-lil2 | son of Ur-Enlil, |
| 5 | lu2 nagar-gal-me | the men of the chief carpenter |
| 6 | 1(asz@c) ur-{d}[x] | 1 Ur-x |
| 7 | 1(asz@c) ur-tur | 1 Urtur |
| 8 | lu2# ur-sila-sa6#? nagar | the man of Ur-Silasa, the carpenter |
| 9 | 1(asz@c) ur-esz3-[x (x)] | 1 Ur-eš-x |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [x (x) {d}]en#-lil2# | ... Enlil |
| 12 | [x] x x [x] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | 1(asz@c) lugal-szesz#? dumu gesz-sza3 ama#? [(x)] | 1: Lugal-šesz, child of the “wood-of-the-mound"(?) of the mother |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) gala en-[x] | 1 lamentation singer: En-x |
| 4 | 1(asz@c) ma2-gur8-si# | 1: Magursi |
| 5 | lu2 e2-mu | the man who my house |
| 6 | 1(asz@c) en-sila-si dumu [x] | 1: Ensilasi, son of ... |
| 7 | 1(asz@c) ka5-a dumu gala | 1 Ka’a, son of the gala-priest; |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | lu2#? [...]-me-me | They are men |
| 10 | 1(asz@c) x [x x]-nig2 ugula? | 1 ...-nig, foreman(?) |
| 11 | x [x] bad3-gi4 | ... of the wall |
| 12 | szesz#? x-x | brother(?) |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | x-(x)-il2 | he raised |
| 2 | ama-bara2-si | Ama-barasi, |
| 3 | ad-kup4 | ad-kup |
| 4 | lu2 e2-nam | the man who the Enam |
| 5 | 1(disz@t) lugal-igi simug | 1: Lugal-igi, the smith; |
| 6 | gesz-sza3 ur-{d}errax(KISZ){ra} | in the garden of Ur-Erra |
| 7 | lu2 gesz-sza3 simug | the craftsman, smith |
| 8 | ur-{d}alla simug dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3# | Ur-balla, smith, son of Ur-Šulpa’e |
| 9 | 1(asz@c) {uruda}szum za3-mu-sze3 | 1 copper šum-bowl for praise, |
| 10 | lu2 ku3-dim2-sze3 | to a silversmith |
| 11 | 1(asz@c) szum lugal-nig2 | 1: onions, Lugal-nig; |
| 12 | 1(disz@t) gesz-sza3-tur simug# | 1: Geshšatur, the smith |
| 13 | lu2 aga3-x-x | the one who ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | gesz-sza3-mu szesz | My ŋešamu, my brother |
| 2 | 1(disz@t) gesz-sza3 en-DU | 1: gešša, EnDU; |
| 3 | lu2 ur-bad3-tibirx(KU) | the man of Ur-Durtibir, |
| 4 | lugal-szu-asz-ni ugula | Lugal-šušini, foreman; |
| 5 | lu2 inim-{d}szara2-zi | the man of Inim-Šarazi |
| 6 | 1(disz@t) gesz-sza3 dumu an-ki-sza3#-du10 | 1: gešša, son of Anki-szadu |
| 7 | lu2 lugal-ki-ni-gi4 | the man of Lugal-kiniĝ |
| 8 | lu2 zah3# | fugitive |
| 9 | sze gurx(|(SZE%SZE).KIN|)-a | barley rations |
Sources & licences
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