CMNH 30498-50 (P514379)
Letter, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CMNH 30498-50 |
|---|---|
| ID | P514379 |
| Museum no. | CMNH 30498-50 |
| Collection | Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
English translation
By Owen, David I. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | To Lugal-ušur |
| obverse 2 | speak: |
| obverse 3 | 10 gur of barley for ..., |
| obverse 4 | to Nasilim, the scribe, |
| reverse 1 | may he give! |
| reverse 2 | May he not delay! |
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 | lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)-ra | |
| 2 | u3-na-a-du11 | |
| 3 | 1(u) sze gur sze nag-sze3 | |
| 4 | na-silim dub-[sar] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | he2-na-ab-szum2-mu | |
| 2 | na-mi-gur-re | |
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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