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CM 26, 096 (P320471)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CM 26, 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P320471 |
| Museum no. | BM 021980 |
| 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 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) ma2 1(gesz2) gur e2-lunga? | 21 boats, 60 gur, brewery?; |
| 2 | 3(disz) ma2 zum e2-lunga? | 3 boat(s), Zum, brewery(?), |
| 3 | 1(disz) ma2 e2-kiszib3-ba lunga | 1 barge, E-kišiba, brewer |
| 4 | 8(disz) ma2 ugula kikken2 | 8 boats, foreman of milling, |
| 5 | 1(disz) ma2 mun-gazi | 1 boat of mungazi, |
| 6 | 1(disz) ma2 i3 zu2-lum | 1 boat of oil and dates, |
| 7 | 1(disz) ma2 zi3 esza | 1 barge of eša-flour, |
| 8 | 1(disz) ma2 ra-gaba unu{ki} | 1 barge, courier of Uruk, |
| 9 | 2(disz) ma2 gu4 udu | 2 oxen-boats, sheep |
| 10 | 1(disz) ma2 gir4-sze-sa | 1 boat, Giršesa, |
| 11 | 8(disz) ma2 aga3-us2 ki sukkal-mah | 8 boats of soldiers, with Sukkalmaḫ; |
| 12 | 8(disz) ma2 aga3-us2 i3-lal3-lum | 8 boats of soldiers of ilallum, |
| 13 | 1(disz) ma2 gazi? ga gur? | 1 barge, ..., gur(?) |
| 14 | 3(disz) ma2 ur-gi7-ra | 3 boats of Ur-gira |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) ma2 sipa ur-mah | 1 boat, shepherd of lions, |
| 2 | 1(disz) ma2 szandana bala | 1 boat, barley-fed, bala, |
| 3 | 1(disz) ma2 ninda gesz-asz | 1 barge, bread for a log, |
| 4 | 1(disz) ma2 {gesz}banszur | 1 boat, table |
| 5 | 1(disz) ma2 ma2 gal za-hum | 1 large barge, Zahum, |
| 6 | 1(disz) ma2 sipa si2-si2 | 1 barge, shepherd of the sisi-festival, |
| 7 | 1(disz) ma2 udu sza3 e2-gal | 1 boat of sheep in the palace, |
| 8 | 1(disz) ma2 kasz sa2-du11 szagina | 1 barge of beer, regular offering of the general, |
| 9 | 3(u) 5(disz) ma2 su3 gub-ba | 35 empty barges stationed, |
| 10 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) ma2 hi-a | total: 93 hia-boats |
| 11 | ma2 bala gub-ba | barge in bala stationed, |
| 12 | u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam iti ezem-{d}dumu-[zi] | 25th day, month: “Festival-of-Dumuzi. |
| 13 | mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Eridu was installed. |
Sources & licences
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