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NMSA 3822 (P342003)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | NMSA 3822 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342003 |
| Museum no. | NMSA 3822 |
| 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)
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 | 1(disz) dug dida 5(disz) sila kasz saga | 1 jug of sweetened beer, 5 sila of fine beer, |
| 2 | 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant], |
| 3 | 3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2 | 3 fish, 3 bundles onions |
| 4 | lu2-nin-ga2 sukkal gaba-asz | Lu-ninga, the messenger, to the frontier |
| 5 | 1(disz) dug dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz | 1 jug of wort, 3 sila3 of beer, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant], |
| 2 | 3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2 | 3 fish, 3 bundles onions |
| 3 | szu-{d}iszkur gaba-asz | Šū-Addu, to the frontier |
| 4 | szunigin 2(disz) dug dida du 1(ban2) | total: 2 jugs of common wort, 1 ban2 (= 100 sila3) |
| 5 | szunigin 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 kasz | total: 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila2 beer |
| 6 | szunigin 2(ban2) ninda szunigin 4(disz) gin2 i3 | total: 2 ban2 bread; total: 4 shekels oil; |
| 7 | szunigin 4(disz)# gin2 naga | total: 4 shekels alkali-plant |
| 8 | szunigin 6(disz) ku6 6(disz) sa szum2 | total: 6 fish, 6 bundles onions |
| 9 | u4# 6(disz)-kam | the 6th day |
| 10 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu ma2# {d#}en-ki ba-ab-du8 | year: “The boat of Enki was caulked. |
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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