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LB 2163 (P389826)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | LB 2163 |
|---|---|
| ID | P389826 |
| Museum no. | LB 2163 |
| 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 | Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Coordinates | 32.0591, 45.2922 |
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 | 1(disz) amar masz-da3 {d}en-lil2 | 1 calf, gazelle of Enlil, |
| 2 | lugal kux(KWU636)-ra | the king who entered |
| 3 | 7(disz) udu u2 szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim | 7 sheep, grass-fed, šugid-offering for the kitchen; |
| 4 | mu kas4-e-ne-sze3 | because of the runners |
| 5 | iti u4 2(disz) ba-zal | the month, day 2 passed; |
| 6 | 2(u) udu u2 sza3 e2 {d}en-lil2-la2 | 20 grass-fed sheep in the temple of Enlil |
| 7 | 1(u) 7(disz) udu u2 sza3 e2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 | 17 sheep, grass-fed, in the temple of Ninlil |
| 8 | uzu a bala siskur2 gu-la | meat of the bala-offering, the great offering |
| 9 | lugal# kux(KWU636)-ra | the king who entered |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [iti] u4 5(disz) ba-zal | the month, day 5 passed |
| 2 | [n]+5(disz) udu# u2 szu-gid2 | n+5 sheep, grass-fed, long-fed |
| 3 | 2(disz) amar masz-da3 ba-usz2 | 2 gazelle calves, slaughtered; |
| 4 | e2-muhaldim mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3 | for the kitchen, for the soldiers, |
| 5 | iti u4 8(disz) ba-zal | the month, day 8 passed; |
| 6 | ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta ba-zi | from Ur-kununa booked out; |
| 7 | iti ezem#-{d}szu-{d}suen | month: “Festival-of-Šū-Sîn,’ |
| 8 | mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 | year: “The Amorite wall was erected. |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}szu-{d}suen | Šū-Suen, |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | lugal [an-ub]-da [limmu2-ba] | king of the four world quarters |
| 2 | {d}szul-[gi]-iri-mu# [sukkal] | Šulgi-irimu, the messenger |
| 3 | [ra2-gaba] | courier |
| 4 | [ARAD2-zu] | your servant. |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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