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Canterbury 001 (P512809)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Canterbury 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512809 |
| Museum no. | Canterbury 001 |
| Collection | Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Coordinates | 32.0591, 45.2922 |
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) udu gu4-e-us2-sa# | 1 sheep, oxen-driver |
| 2 | 2(disz) masz2-gal u2# | 2 billy goats, grass-fed |
| 3 | {d}en-lil2# | For Enlil |
| 4 | 1(disz) udu szimaszgi# | 1 sheep, Šimaškian |
| 5 | 1(disz) udu a-lum niga# [...] x 3(disz)-kam us2 | 1 alum sheep, barley-fed, ... 3rd grade |
| 6 | 1(disz) udu gu4-e-us2-sa# | 1 sheep, oxen-driver |
| 7 | 1(disz) masz2-gal niga gu4-e-us2-sa# | 1 full-grown billy goat, grain-fed, oxen-driver |
| 8 | 1(disz) masz2-gal u2 | 1 big billy goat, grass-fed, |
| 9 | {d}nin-lil2 | For Ninlil |
| 10 | 1(disz) udu u2 {d}nanna | 1 sheep, grass-fed, for Nanna; |
| 11 | sza3 e2 {d}nin-lil2 | in the temple of Ninlil |
| 12 | lugal kux(KWU636)-ra | the king who entered |
| 13 | sza3 nibru{ki} | in Nippur |
| 14 | 1(disz) udu niga [{d}]lugal#-usz-zi | 1 sheep, grain-fed, for Lugal-ušzi |
| 15 | 1(disz) udu niga {d}gesztin-an-na | 1 sheep, barley-fed, for Geštinana |
| 16 | siskur2 [sza3] e2-gal# | offering in the palace |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | x x x | |
| 2 | 3(disz) masz2? niga? | 3 billy goats, grain-fed, |
| 3 | 1(disz) udu niga x x x | 1 sheep, grain-fed, , |
| 4 | 3(disz) masz2-gal niga x x | 3 full-grown billy goats, grain-fed, , |
| 5 | 1(disz) udu u2 x x x | 1 sheep, grass-fed, |
| 6 | mu kas4 dam-gar3-ke4#-[ne-sze3] | because of the trade agents of the merchants |
| 7 | 1(disz) gu4 niga x x x | 1 ox, grain-fed, , |
| 8 | e2 x | the house of |
| 9 | ARAD2-mu x x | my servant . |
| 10 | ($ blank space $) 4(disz) gu4 2(u) udu? | 4 oxen, 20 sheep |
| 11 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 12 | x x x | |
| 13 | x x hu-ma-zi-ir#. x x lu2 ma2 x | Ḫumazir ... the man of the boat |
| 14 | x uz-za-ra x x | [... uz]zara |
| 15 | x x x | |
| left | ||
| 1 | x x 6(disz) udu | ... 6 sheep |
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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