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CDLJ 2012/1 §3.04 (P416398)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

Designation	CDLJ 2012/1 §3.04
ID	P416398
Museum no.	E15550
Collection	Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 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

English translation

By Ouyang Xiaoli; Brookman, William R. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

Line	English
obverse 1	A dike from the field Latur:
obverse 2	1 1/2 ninda long at one (volume) sar per (ninda), its soil: 1 1/2 sar;
obverse 3	6 ninda long without (work to be done);
obverse 4	3 ninda long at 2/3 sar per (ninda),
obverse 5	its soil: 2 sar;
obverse 6	20 ninda long at 1/2 sar per (ninda),
obverse 7	its soil: 10 sar;
obverse 8	10 ninda long at 1 sar per (ninda),
obverse 9	its soil: 10 sar;
obverse 10	97 ninda long at 1/2 sar per (ninda),
obverse 11	its soil: 48 1/2 sar;
obverse 12	3 ninda long at 1 sar per (ninda),
obverse 13	its soil: 3 sar;
obverse 14	20 ninda long at 1/3 sar per (ninda),
obverse 15	its soil: 6 2/3 sar;
obverse 16	15 ninda long at 1/2 sar per (ninda),
obverse 17	its soil: 7 1/2 sar;
obverse 18	6 ninda long at 1 sar per (ninda),
obverse 19	its soil: 6 sar;
reverse 1	16 ninda long at 1/2 sar per (ninda),
reverse 2	its soil: ;
reverse 3	14 ninda long at 1/3 sar per (ninda),
reverse 4	its soil: 4 2/3 sar;
reverse 5	total: 99 5/6 sar soil;
reverse 6	work “striking” the dike,
reverse 7	the dike at the end of the field facing Emaḫ;
reverse 8	year: “The en-priest of Inanna in Uruk was chosen by means of a goat;”
left 1	48.30

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	e a-sza3 la2-tur-ta
2	1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) sar-ta sahar-bi 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar
3	6(disz) ninda gid2 nu-tuku
4	3(disz) ninda gid2 2/3(disz) sar#-ta
5	sahar-bi 2(disz) sar-am3
6	2(u) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) sar-ta#
7	sahar#-bi 1(u) sar
8	1(u) ninda gid2 1(disz) sar-ta
9	sahar-bi 1(u) sar
10	1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) sar-ta
11	sahar-bi 4(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sar
12	3(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) sar#-ta
13	sahar-bi 3(disz) sar
14	2(u) ninda gid2 1/3(disz) sar-ta
15	sahar-bi 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
16	1(u) 5(disz)# ninda gid2 1/2(disz) sar-ta
17	sahar#-bi 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar#
18	[6(disz)] ninda# gid2# 1(disz) sar-[ta]
19	[sahar-bi] 6(disz)# sar#
reverse
1	1(u) 6(disz) ninda# gid2# 1/2(disz) sar#-ta
2	sahar ($ blank space $)
3	1(u) 4(disz) ninda 1/3(disz) sar-ta
4	sahar-bi 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
5	szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 9(disz) 5/6(disz)# sar sahar
6	kin# e ra-a
7	e sa-dur2-ra igi e2-mah
8	mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
left
1	4(u@v) 8(disz@v) 3(u)

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