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TCBI 2/2, 38 (P381692)
Administrative, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TCBI 2/2, 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P381692 |
| Museum no. | BdI C 07 |
| Collection | Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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(gesz'u)# 3(gesz2) sar# [al] 5(disz) sar-ta# | 420 sar, hoed at 5 sarta (per day) |
| 2 | gurusz-bi 1(gesz'u) 3(u) 6(disz) | its laborers: 96, |
| 3 | 6(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 u2-x-a bu-ra | 60 workdays, male laborers, ... |
| 4 | 1(disz) 1(esze3) 1(disz) GAN2 tug2-gur10 a-ra2 2(disz) | 1 eše3 1 field area: garments, 2 times, |
| 5 | 1(disz) 1(esze3) 3(disz) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 1(disz) | 1 eše3 3 ‘field’: harrowing, times 1 |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | gu4-bi u4 5(u) 5(disz)-kam# | its oxen: 55th day |
| 2 | a2-gi4-a | |
| 3 | sza3 2(bur3) GAN2 | in 2 bur3 field area |
| 4 | sza3#-bi 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | therefrom: 165 sar, hoed at 5 sarta (per day) |
| 5 | gu4-bi# u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam gu4-tug2-gur10 | Its oxen, 27th day, “carrying the yoke’ |
| 6 | a2 gi4-a puzur4-e2-a | labor of returning Puzur-Ea, |
| 7 | iti szu-numun-a u4 1(u) [x] ba-zal | the month of Dumuzi, the day 10 ... passed |
| 8 | mu# si#-ma#-[num2{ki} ba]-hul# | year: "Simanum was destroyed." |
Sources & licences
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