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CDLJ 2009/2 §3.3 (P384821)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

Designation	CDLJ 2009/2 §3.3
ID	P384821
Museum no.	FSU 22
Collection	Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Coordinates	31.6669, 45.8861

English translation

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Line	English
obverse 2'	2 bur3, 1 eše3 3 iku field, harrowing, 3 (times), at 1 eše3 field (a day),
obverse 3'	its troop labor: 45 days;
obverse 4'	1 bur3 field, harrowing, 3 (times), at 1 eše3 field (a day),
obverse 5'	its troop labor: 18 days;
obverse 6'	1 eše3, 3 iku field, harrowing, 4 (times), at 1 eše3 field (a day),
obverse 7'	its troop labor: 12 days;
obverse 8'	work of harrowing;
obverse 9'	240 sar, reeds uprooted, at 20 sar (a day),
obverse 10'	its labor: 12 days;
obverse 11'	45 sar, reeds uprooted, at 15 sar (a day)
obverse 12'	its labor: 3 days;
obverse 13'	labor of hired men;
obverse 14'	520 sar, reeds cut, at 20 sar (a day),
obverse 15'	its labor: 26 days;
obverse 16'	192 sar, hoeing, at 4 sar (a day),
reverse 1	its labor: 48 days;
reverse 2	66 sar, hoeing, at 3 sar (a day),
reverse 3	its labor: 22 days;
reverse 4	150 sar, ..., at 5 sar (a day),
reverse 5	its labor: 30 days;
reverse 6	via ..., oxen manager;
reverse 7	field work done,
reverse 8	field “Latur;”
reverse 9	foreman: Ur-gigir, oxen manager;
reverse 10	under seal of Lugal-emaḫe;
reverse 11	month: “Flight,”
reverse 12	year: “... was destroyed.”
seal 1 1	Lugal-emaḫe,
seal 1 2	scribe,
seal 1 3	son of Lugal-kugani.

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1'	[...] x x [...]
2'	[2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2] 3(disz) 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
3'	[a2 erin2-na]-bi# u4 4(u) 5(disz)
4'	[1(bur3) GAN2 gesz a]-ra2# 3(disz) 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
5'	[a2] erin2#-[na-bi] u4# 1(u) 8(disz)
6'	[1(esze3) 3(iku)] GAN2 [gesz a]-ra2# 4(disz) 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
7'	a2# erin2-na#-bi# u4 1(u) 2(disz)
8'	a2 gesz-ur3-ra
9'	4(gesz2) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta
10'	a2-bi u4 1(u) 2(disz)
11'	4(u) 5(disz) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
12'	a2-bi u4# 3(disz)
13'	a2 lu2 hun-ga2
14'	8(gesz2) 4(u) sar gi ku5-ra2 2(u) sar-ta
15'	a2-bi u4 2(u) 6(disz)
16'	3(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta
reverse
1	a2-bi# u4 4(u) 8(disz)
2	[1(gesz2) 6(disz)] sar# al 3(disz) sar-ta
3	[a2-bi] u4# 2(u) 2(disz)
4	[2(gesz2) 3(u) sar] x 5(disz) sar-ta
5	a2#-[bi] u4# 3(u)
6	giri3# [...]-la? nu-banda3-gu4
7	[a-sza3-ge] kin ak
8	[a-sza3 la2]-tur
9	[ugula ur?]-{gesz#?}gigir# nu#-[banda3]-gu4
10	[kiszib3] lugal-[nesag-e]
11	[iti] dal
12	[mu ...]{ki} ba-[hul]
seal 1
1	[lugal]-e2#-mah#-e
2	dub-sar
3	[dumu] lugal#-ku3-ga-[ni]

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