CDLJ 2012/1 §3.01 (P416401)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CDLJ 2012/1 §3.01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P416401 |
| Museum no. | E23589 |
| 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 | 1 eše3 land for harrowing, |
| obverse 2 | 60 workers each hoeing 5 sar, |
| obverse 3 | Lu-Utu, the plot manager; |
| obverse 4 | 1 eše3 land for harrowing, |
| obverse 5 | 60 workers each hoeing 5 sar |
| obverse 6 | Nimgir-ḫedu, the plot manager; |
| obverse 7 | 1 eše3 land for harrowing, |
| obverse 8 | 60 workers each hoeing 5 sar, |
| reverse 1 | Engar-zi, the plot manager; |
| reverse 2 | 1 eše3 land for harrowing, |
| reverse 3 | 60 workers each hoeing 5 sar, |
| reverse 4 | Šara-mutum, the plot manager; |
| reverse 5 | 1 eše3 land for harrowing, |
| reverse 6 | 60 workers each hoeing 5 sar, |
| reverse 7 | Bala the plot manager; |
| reverse 8 | field “Menkar;” |
| reverse 9 | inspection on the 6th day; |
| reverse 10 | month: “Sowing,” |
| left 1 | year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.” |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-[ra] | |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta | |
| 3 | lu2-{d}utu engar | |
| 4 | 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz ur3-ra | |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta | |
| 6 | nimgir-he2-du7 engar# | |
| 7 | 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz ur3-ra | |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | engar-zi engar | |
| 2 | 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz ur3#-ra# | |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) gurusz al 5(disz) sar#-ta | |
| 4 | {d}szara2-mu-[tum2] engar# | |
| 5 | 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz ur3-ra | |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta | |
| 7 | ba-la engar# | |
| 8 | a-sza3 me-en-kar2 | |
| 9 | gurum2 u4 6(disz)-kam | |
| 10 | iti# szu#-numun | |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul | |
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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