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MFAB 1981.0381 (P393597)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | MFAB 1981.0381 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393597 |
| Museum no. | MFAB 1981.0381 |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
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 | 5(disz) sila3 esza | 5 sila3 esha-flour, |
| 2 | 5(disz) sila3 zi3-dub-dub | 5 sila3 dubdub flour, |
| 3 | 8(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15 | 8 sila3 fine flour |
| 4 | 3(disz) sila3 zu2-lum | 3 sila3 dates, |
| 5 | 1(ban2) dabin | 1 ban2 of dabin flour, |
| 6 | e2 {d}inanna-sze3 | to the temple of Inanna |
| 7 | 8(disz)#? sila3 esza | 8 sila3 esha-flour |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 6(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub | 6 sila3 dubdub flour, |
| 2 | e2 {d}szara2 u3 {d}inanna? | the temple of Šara and Inanna(?) |
| 3 | sza3 unu{ki} | in Uruk |
| 4 | 2(ban2) zi3-sig15 sukkal lugal | 2 ban2 of fine flour, royal vizier; |
| 5 | ki {d}szara2-kam-ta | from Šarakam |
| 6 | kiszib3# ensi2-ka | under seal of the governor |
| 7 | iti# {d#}dumu-zi | month "Dumuzi" |
| 8 | [mu us2-sa] bad3# mar#-[tu ba-du3?] | year following: “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 |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | king of the four quarters |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-a-kal-la | Ayakalla |
| 2 | ensi2 | governor |
| 3 | umma{ki} | of Umma |
| 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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