S 84 (P482024)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | S 84 |
|---|---|
| ID | P482024 |
| Museum no. | S 84 |
| Collection | Treasuring the Word Rare Bible & Book Museum, Sevierville, Tennessee, 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 | 40 male laborers, 1/2 labor, |
| obverse 2 | for 6 years, |
| obverse 3 | they being fishermen; |
| obverse 4 | from year following: “For the 3rd time Simurrum was destroyed,” |
| reverse 1 | to the year following: “The wall was erected;” |
| reverse 2 | 4 mana silver, |
| reverse 3 | silver of the fisheries-tithe; |
| reverse 4 | under seal of Umani. |
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 | 4(u) gurusz a2# [1/2(disz)] | |
| 2 | mu 6(disz)-sze3 | |
| 3 | szu-ku6-me | |
| 4 | mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz@t)-kam si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul#-ta | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3-sze3 | |
| 2 | 4(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar | |
| 3 | ku3 nam-enku# | |
| 4 | kiszib3 u3-ma#-[ni] | |
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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