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BM 014931 (P316207)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BM 014931 |
|---|---|
| ID | P316207 |
| Museum no. | BM 014931 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 5(diš) sila₃ kaš 5(diš) sila₃ ninda | 5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread |
| 2 | 1(diš) i₃ id-gur₂ | 1: oil of Idgur; |
| 3 | za-a-ga sukkal | Zaga, the vizier |
| 4 | 5(diš) sila₃ kaš 5(diš) sila₃ ninda | 5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread |
| 5 | 2(diš) i₃ id-gur₂ | 2 idgur oil |
| 6 | i-di₃-a sukkal | Iddina, the vizier |
| 7 | 1(barig) kaš 1(barig) 2(diš) sila₃ zi₃ lugal | 60 litres (of barley) 1 barig 2 sila3 royal flour |
| 8 | 1/2(diš) sila₃ i₃-geš | 1/2 sila3 sesame oil |
| r | ||
| 1 | NIM hu-li₂-bar{ki} ; u₃ du₈-du₈{ki}ke₄ | from Ḫulibar and Dudu |
| 2 | šu ba-ab-ti | Hand of Abti |
| 3 | giri₃ i-di₃-a sukkal | via Iddia, the messenger; |
| 4 | 5(diš) sila₃ kaš 5(diš) sila₃ ninda | 5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread |
| 5 | a₂-pi₅-li₂ sukkal | Apili, the messenger |
| 6 | an-ša-an{ki}ta ; u₃ nibru{ki}ta gen-na | went from Anšan to Nippur. |
| 7 | iti ezem-{d}šul-gi | month: “Festival of Šulgi,’ |
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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