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NMSA 3821 (P342002)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | NMSA 3821 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342002 |
| Museum no. | NMSA 3821 |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria |
| 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)
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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 | ||
| 1 | 5(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta ma2-lah5-bi i3-ib2-u3 | 5 boats of 60 gur (and) 1 ban2 5 sila3 each, their boatmen departed; |
| 2 | u4 2(u) 1(disz)-sze3 | for 21 days |
| 3 | sze-bi 5(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 | its barley: 5 gur 1 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ra2 1(disz)-kam | for the first time |
| 2 | 3(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur 2(ban2)-ta ma2-lah5-bi i3-ib2-u3 | 3 boats of 60 gur 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3) each, their boatmen, sank; |
| 3 | u4 2(u) 5(disz)-sze3 | for 25 days |
| 4 | sze-bi 5(asz) gur | its barley: 5 gur |
| 5 | a-ra2 2(disz)-kam | 2nd time |
| 6 | ka-ma-ri2{ki}-ta | from Kamari |
| 7 | nibru{ki} sze zi-ga giri3 nam-ha-ni | in Nippur barley rations, via Namhani |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu ur-bi2-lum ba-hul | year: "Urbilum was destroyed." |
Sources & licences
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