UKCT 02 (P464337)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | UKCT 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P464337 |
| Museum no. | MS Q4:04 |
| Collection | Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 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
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | 200 talents of dry bitumen, |
| obverse 2 | bitumen of a dismantled boat, |
| obverse 3 | (belonging to) Ur-Gilgameš(?); |
| obverse 4 | 70 talents of crushed bitumen, |
| obverse 5 | from the storehouse on the bank of the Ensi canal. |
| obverse 6 | responsibility of Ur-ama |
| obverse 7 | and Šeš-kala, the barber; |
| obverse 8 | 30 talents of dry bitumen, |
| reverse 1 | 50 sila3 of fish-oil, |
| reverse 2 | 2 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 of construction bitumen, |
| reverse 3 | from Lugal-nirgal; |
| reverse 4 | 42 planks: |
| reverse 5 | that which caulks a boat. |
| reverse 6 | Month: “Extra”. |
| reverse 7 | Year: “Šašrum was destroyed”. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 3(gesz2) 2(u) gu2 esir2 had2 | |
| 2 | esir2 ma2 gul-la | |
| 3 | ur-{d}bil3 | |
| 4 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) gu2 esir2# gul-gul | |
| 5 | e2-szu-tum gu2 i7-da ensi2-ka-ta | |
| 6 | giri3 ur-am3-ma | |
| 7 | u3 szesz-kal-la szu-i | |
| 8 | 3(u)# gu2 esir2 had2 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 5(ban2) sila3 i3 ku6 | |
| 2 | 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) esir2 e2-a | |
| 3 | ki lugal-nir-gal2-ta | |
| 4 | 4(u) 2(disz) {gesz}u3 hi-a | |
| 5 | ma2 du8-a# | |
| 6 | iti diri | |
| 7 | mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-_hul# | |
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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