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LB 0038 (P388607)
Administrative, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | LB 0038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388607 |
| Museum no. | LB 0038 |
| Collection | de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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' | [...] | |
| 2' | 1(asz) 4(barig) [...] | 1 (gur) 4 barig |
| 3' | 2(asz) x [...] | 2 ... |
| 4' | x x x [...] | |
| 5' | 9(asz)? 4(barig) x [...] | 9 (gur) 4 barig |
| 6' | diri 2(gesz2) 1(u) [...] | Extra: 210 ... |
| 7' | szu#-nigin2# n(gesz2) 1(u) [...] | total: n+100 ... |
| 8' | sza3-bi?-ta? | from there(?) |
| 9' | 3(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) x [...] gur | 141 gur 2 barig ... |
| 10' | i3-dub x-ra? | the depot of |
| 11' | masz 3(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2)? [...] gur | an interest rate of 32 sila of ... |
| 12' | i3-dub gu2 i7 lugal-uszumgal | the depot on the bank of the Lugal-ušumgal canal |
| 13' | sze bala-a | barley transferred |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3 na-bi2-{d}en-[...] | via Nabi-En- |
| 2 | 1(asz) 4(barig) sze-ba ug3-IL2 | 1 (gur) 4 barig barley rations for the porters |
| 3 | szu-nigin2 8(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz)#? 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur | total: 81(?) gur 4 barig 3 ban2 |
| 4 | sze bala#-a | barley transferred |
| 5 | szu-nigin2 1(asz) 4(barig) sze-ba ug3-IL2 | total: 1 (gur) 4 barig barley rations for the porters; |
| 6 | [szu-nigin2] 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz)#? 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur | total: 105(?) gur 3 barig 3 ban2 |
| 7 | [...] sze-ga | ... favorable |
| 8 | [... n]+1(asz) x x x-na | ... n+1 ... |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
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