Whitman 2 (P416492)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Whitman 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P416492 |
| Museum no. | Whitman 2 |
| Collection | Penrose Library, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 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 Englund, Robert K. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 3 2/3 sila3 lard, |
| obverse 2 | via Da’aga, chief household administrator; |
| obverse 3 | from Akalla, |
| obverse 4 | on the deficit ledger of Ur-e’e set; |
| reverse 1 | under seal of Ur-Šara, chief accountant; |
| reverse 2 | year: “Ḫarši and Kimaš were destroyed.” |
| seal 1 1 | Ur-Šara, |
| seal 1 2 | scribe, |
| seal 1 3 | son of Lugal-ušur. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-szah2 | |
| 2 | giri3 da-a-ga szabra | |
| 3 | ki a-kal-la-ta | |
| 4 | ugu2 ur-e11-e ba-a-gar | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba | |
| 2 | mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ki-masz{ki} ba-hul | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}szara2 | |
| 2 | dub-sar | |
| 3 | dumu lugal-uszur4 | |
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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