NCC 004 (P469659)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | NCC 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P469659 |
| Museum no. | NCC 004 |
| Collection | Oesterle Library, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, 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 | 1 male laborer for 5 days, |
| obverse 2 | to Nippur |
| obverse 3 | butter oil and cheese ...; |
| obverse 4 | 3 male laborers for 2 days, |
| obverse 5 | to Nippur |
| reverse 1 | ...-straw carried; |
| reverse 2 | foreman: ...-gala; |
| reverse 3 | under seal of Lukalla; |
| reverse 4 | year: “Šu-Suen is king.” |
| seal 1 1 | Lukalla, |
| seal 1 2 | scribe, |
| seal 1 3 | son of Ur-E’e. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) gurusz u4 5(disz)-sze3 | |
| 2 | nibru{ki}-sze3 | |
| 3 | i3 ga e2 uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)#? x | |
| 4 | 3(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 | |
| 5 | nibru{ki}-sze3 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | in-bul5-bul5 il-la | |
| 2 | ugula x-ga-la | |
| 3 | kiszib3 lu2-kal-la | |
| 4 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal | |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-kal-la | |
| 2 | dub-sar | |
| 3 | dumu ur-e11-e szusz3 | |
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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