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TCBI 2/2, 39 (P381693)
Administrative, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TCBI 2/2, 39 |
|---|---|
| ID | P381693 |
| Museum no. | BdI C 31 |
| 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 | 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 165 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | sze ib2-gur10 zar3 tab-ba-a | barley rations, piled up in shekels, |
| 3 | u3 a-du8-da tusz-a | and the adūda-official sitting |
| 4 | ki lugal-me3-a nu-banda3 | from Lugal-mea, the overseer; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ur-{d}nin-urta nu-banda3 | and Ur-Ninurta, the overseer |
| 2 | a-sza3-ga ma-ar-da | in the field Marda |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 96 workdays, male laborers, |
| 4 | sze ib2-gur10 u3 zar3 ib2-tab | barley rations and shekels added, |
| 5 | ki ur-nigar{gar} nu-banda3 | from Ur-nigar, the overseer; |
| 6 | a-sza3 du6-an-na | field Duanna, |
| 7 | iti bara2-za3-gar-ra | month: “Bara-zagara,’ |
| 8 | mu us2-sa si-ma ba-hul | year after: “Siman was destroyed. |
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