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BECPL 4 (P464911)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BECPL 4 |
|---|---|
| ID | P464911 |
| Museum no. | BECPL 4 |
| Collection | Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) masz2 ma2-gan niga | 1 billy goat of Magan, grain-fed, |
| 2 | ba-usz2 | killed; |
| 3 | u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam | 17th day, |
| 4 | ki u2-ta2-mi-szar-ra-am-ta | from Uta-mišaram |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {d}szul-gi-iri-mu | Šulgi-irimu |
| 2 | szu ba-ti | received. |
| 3 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 4 | mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul | year: “Šašru was destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) | (total:) 1. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | a-lu5-lu5 | |
| 2 | dumu inim-{d}szara2 | son of Inim-Šara, |
| 3 | kuruszda {d}szara2-ka | the fattener of Šara, |
Sources & licences
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