CDLB 2012/003 (P405912)
Letter, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CDLB 2012/003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405912 |
| Museum no. | SM 1899.02.135 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
English translation
By Notizia, Palmiro · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | To Bazi |
| obverse 2 | say: |
| obverse 3 | 4 iku field, to the rear: Tira’aš, |
| obverse 4 | to the breast: the field of Uludi ..., |
| obverse 5 | of Ayakala it is his subsistence field, |
| reverse 1 | may he (Bazi) confirm it on a tablet. |
| seal 1 1 | Ur-..., |
| seal 1 2 | the scribe, |
| seal 1 3 | son of Ur-... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | ba-zi | |
| 2 | u3-na-a-du11 | |
| 3 | 4(iku) GAN2 mur7 ti-ra-asz2 | |
| 4 | gaba a-sza3 ulu3-di gesz-gu2 | |
| 5 | a-kal-la szuku-ra-ni-im | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | im-ma ha-bi2-ib2-gi-ne2 | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-[...] | |
| 2 | dub-[sar] | |
| 3 | dumu ur-x-[...] | |
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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