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TCUR 27 (P500214)
Administrative, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TCUR 27 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500214 |
| Museum no. | MFM — |
| Collection | Musée Flaubert et d’histoire de la médecine, Rouen, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | 5(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz la-li2-[a] | 51 1/2 male laborers from Lalaya |
| 2 | 4(u) 2/3(disz) ur-me-[me] | 42/3 (workman): Ur-meme |
| 3 | 4(u) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-szum2 | 46 1/3 (measures of) emmer |
| 4 | 4(u) ur-kun | 40, Urkun; |
| 5 | 4(u) 6(disz) sza3-gu2-bi | 46, its šagubu; |
| 6 | 3(disz) esz3-a-ab-tum2 | 3 (mana wool for) Eš-abtum |
| 7 | 1(disz) u3-ma-ni | 1: Umani |
| 8 | [1(disz)] lu2-{d}utu | 1 Lu-Utu |
| 9 | [1(disz)] ur-{d}nam2-mah | 1 Ur-Nammaḫ |
| 10 | [1(disz)] ba-a-[sa6]-ga | 1 Ba'asaga |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [1(disz) 1/3(disz)] nu-banda3 | (and) 1 1/3 (for) the overseer |
| 2 | [2(disz)] {d}en-lil2-la2 | 2: Enlila |
| 3 | [2(disz)] ur-{d}iszkur | 2: Ur-Addu |
| 4 | [szunigin] 3(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) gurusz | total: 356 5/6 male laborers |
| 5 | du11-ga gi-[na] | according to the sworn word |
| 6 | nu-banda3 lugal-he2-gal2 | the overseer: Lugal-hegal |
| 7 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
| 8 | mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz-e i3-pa3 | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna of Uruk by goat was chosen. |
Sources & licences
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