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LB 2279 (P389895)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | LB 2279 |
|---|---|
| ID | P389895 |
| Museum no. | LB 2279 |
| 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 | 4(disz) gu4 niga 2(disz) gu4 | 4 oxen, barley-fed, 2 bulls, |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) udu 1(u) 8(disz) u8 | 122 rams, 18 ewes |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 8(disz) ud5 | 102 billy goats, 8 nanny goats |
| 4 | erin2 ra-bi2{ki} | the troops of Rabi |
| 5 | ugula i3-lal3-lum | foreman: Ilallum |
| 6 | 7(disz) gu4 niga 2(u) udu niga | 7 oxen, barley-fed, 20 grain-fed sheep, |
| 7 | 2(u) 1(disz) udu niga gu4-e us2-sa | 21 sheep, grain-fed, oxen ..., |
| 8 | 1(disz) sila4 niga 4(u) 8(disz) udu | 1 lamb, grain-fed, 48 sheep |
| 9 | 1(disz) sila4 kasz-de2-a ensi2 nibru{ki} | 1 lamb (for) Budea the governor of Nippur |
| 10 | 2(disz)+[n] udu# niga 1(disz) sila4 niga | n sheep, barley-fed, 1 lamb, grain-fed |
| 11 | [...]-ur2{ki} | ...-Ur |
| 12 | [x]-uszumgal nu-banda3 | x-ušumgal, the overseer |
| 13 | [...] IN MU | ... of the year |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) sila4 da-szi-{d}en-lil2 | 1 lamb for Aši-Enlil, |
| 2 | 2(disz) udu 1(disz) sila4 | 2 sheep, 1 lamb |
| 3 | {d}nanna-i3-sa6 dumu lugal-he2-gal2 | Nanna-isa, son of Lugal-ḫegal |
| 4 | 1(disz) sila4 dingir-a-zu nu-banda3 | 1 lamb of Dingir-azu, the overseer, |
| 5 | 5(disz) udu 5(disz) masz2 | 5 sheep, 5 billy goats, |
| 6 | ba-ha-ar-sze-en | he has received. |
| 7 | u4 1(u)-kam | 10th day. |
| 8 | mu-kux(DU) | delivery; |
| 9 | ab-ba-sa6-ga i3-dab5 | Abbasaga accepted; |
| 10 | iti szu-esz-sza | month: “Šū-ešaša,’ |
| 11 | mu {d}amar#-{d}suen lugal-e [...]{ki} mu-hul | year: “Amar-Suen, the king, ... destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | 5(gesz2) 4(disz) | (total:) 184 (lines). |
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)
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