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Studi Saporetti 234 (P406424)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Studi Saporetti 234 |
|---|---|
| ID | P406424 |
| Museum no. | SM 1909.05.291 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 | 8(gesz2) 3(u) mer hi | 390 mer, |
| 2 | 2(u) 3(disz) kur 2(u) 2(disz) | 23 lands, 22 |
| 3 | 1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 bar 4(iku) 1/4(iku) ki | 1 eše3 1 iku surface area, 4 1/4 icu ki, |
| 4 | a-sza3 7(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 | a field of 7 bur3 1 eše3, 1 iku surface, |
| 5 | 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze <gur> | 2 eše3 4 1/4 iku field area: 3 barig 2 ban2 barley, |
| 6 | 1(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) <gur> | 1 bur3 2 iku field area: 1 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 |
| 7 | 1(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) <gur> | 1 bur3 1 iku field area: 1 gur 2 barig 4 ban2 |
| 8 | 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2 su3 | 2 bur3 1 eše3 1/4 iku surface |
| 9 | sze-bi | its barley: |
| 10 | lugal-ur2-ra-<ni> engar | Lugal-urani, the plowman; |
| 11 | GAN2-gu4 ur-bara2-si-ga | oxen field of Ur-barasiga |
| 12 | a-sza3 nin-a2-zi#-da# | field Nin-azida |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(gesz2) mer hi | 240 mer, |
| 2 | 4(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) kur hi | 48 1/2 kurru |
| 3 | ($ blank space $) GAN2-bar ki | field plot |
| 4 | a-sza3 4(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 | field 4 bur3 2 eše3 2 1/4 iku surface, |
| 5 | sze-bi | its barley: |
| 6 | {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka engar | of Ninmar, the plowman; |
| 7 | GAN2-gu4 {d}nanna-kam | It is an ox field of Nanna. |
| 8 | a-sza3 ub-{gesz}|SZE.TIR| | field Ubgeš-Šeri |
| 9 | ugula ur-{d}en-gal-du-du | foreman: Ur-Engaldudu |
| 10 | gu4 {d}amar-<{d}>suen | bull of Amar-Suena |
| 11 | szuku-bi nu-ta-zi | its rations did not rise. |
Sources & licences
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