Kress 188 (P414452)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Kress 188 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414452 |
| Museum no. | Kress 188 |
| Collection | anonymous, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
English translation
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 1 carcass of a grain-fed sheep; |
| obverse 2 | 2 carcasses of grass-fed sheep; |
| obverse 3 | as rations of Šara of Apisal, |
| obverse 4 | deliveries; |
| reverse 1 | via Habaluge. |
| reverse 2 | Month: “house-sixth-month,” |
| reverse 3 | year: “Šu-Suen the king erected the house of Šara.” |
| seal 1 col 1 1 | Šu-Suen, |
| seal 1 col 1 2 | strong man, |
| seal 1 col 1 3 | king of Ur, |
| seal 1 col 1 4 | king of the four corners: |
| seal 1 col 2 1 | Gududu, |
| seal 1 col 2 2 | scribe, |
| seal 1 col 2 3 | son of Dadaga, |
| seal 1 col 2 4 | is your servant. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) ad3 udu niga | |
| 2 | 2(disz) ad3 udu u2 | |
| 3 | sa2-du11 {d}szara2 a-pi4-sal4{ki} | |
| 4 | mu-kux(DU) | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3# ha-ba-lu5-ge2 | |
| 2 | [iti] e2-iti-6(disz) | |
| 3 | mu# {d#}szu#?-{d}suen lugal-e e2#? {d}szara2? mu-du3? | |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}szu?-{d}suen | |
| 2 | nita kal-ga | |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | gu-du-[du] | |
| 2 | dub-sar | |
| 3 | dumu da#-[da-ga] | |
| 4 | ARAD2-zu | |
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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