Unread Atlas
LB 0287 (P388816)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | LB 0287 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388816 |
| Museum no. | LB 0287 |
| 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 | Girsu |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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 | 4(disz)# sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 4 liters of beer, 4 litres of bread, 2 shekels of oil |
| 2 | lugal-tug2-mah KA-sze3 gen-na | Lugal-tugmah, go to the gate! |
| 3 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, 2 shekels oil, |
| 4 | lu2-gi-na | Lu-gina |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread, 2 shekels of oil, |
| 6 | ur-{d}nin-gubalag | Ur-Ningubalag, |
| 7 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, 2 shekels oil, |
| 8 | szu-i3-li2 elam gaba-ri-a | Šu-ilī, the Elam of the frontier, |
| 9 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, 2 shekels oil, |
| 10 | i-din-{d}utu lu2-kas4 | Iddin-šamaš, messenger |
| 11 | 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 4 liters of beer, 4 litres of bread, 2 shekels of oil, |
| 12 | sza3 KI-BI u3 aga3-us2#? giri3#? tuku#? NE DU | ... and the soldier(?) who has a foot(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, 2 shekels oil, |
| 2 | szu-a-ba szusz3 | in its hand, cattle manager, |
| 3 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread, 2 shekels of oil, |
| 4 | lu2-sukkal | vizier |
| 5 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, 2 shekels oil, |
| 6 | nu-ur2-i3-li2 | Nur-ilī |
| 7 | 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread, 2 shekels oil, |
| 8 | ip-qu2-sza | he plundered |
| 9 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 | 5 liters of beer, 5 litres of bread, 2 shekels of oil, |
| 10 | 1(disz) dug dida du 2(ban2) dabin | 1 jug of common wort, 2 ban2 of dabin-flour, |
| 11 | sza-al-mah a zi-ga-sze3 gen-na | I went to the Šalmaḫ, to the rising water. |
| 12 | zi-ga u4 3(disz)-kam | booked out, 3rd day, |
| 13 | iti sze-il2-la | month: “Barley carried,’ |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.