Akkadica 134/1 §2.5 (P459084)
Letter, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Akkadica 134/1 §2.5 |
|---|---|
| ID | P459084 |
| Museum no. | PML 46.064 |
| Collection | Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
English translation
By Liu Changyu; Lecompte, Camille · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | To Dada, |
| obverse 2 | say: |
| obverse 3 | “1800 bundles of fire-reeds, |
| obverse 4 | to(?) Girini-isa, |
| reverse 1 | let him give.” |
| seal 1 col 1 1 | Šulgi, |
| seal 1 col 1 2 | strong man, |
| seal 1 col 1 3 | the king of Ur, |
| seal 1 col 1 4 | king of the four corners: |
| seal 1 col 2 1 | Ur-Lisi, |
| seal 1 col 2 2 | governor, |
| seal 1 col 2 3 | of Umma, |
| seal 1 col 2 4 | is your servant. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | da-da | |
| 2 | u3-na-a-du11 | |
| 3 | 3(gesz'u) sa gi izi | |
| 4 | giri3-ni-i3-sa6-ra#? | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | he2-na-ab-szum2-mu | |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}[szul]-gi | |
| 2 | nita kal#-ga | |
| 3 | lugal uri5#{ki}-ma | |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | [ur-{d}li9-si4] | |
| 2 | ensi2# | |
| 3 | umma{ki#} | |
| 4 | ARAD2-zu# | |
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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