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Halton diss. no. 65 (P514383)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	Halton diss. no. 65
ID	P514383
Museum no.	CMNH 30498-55
Collection	Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 Owen, David I. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

Line	English
obverse col 2 1	Lamma-...;
obverse col 2 2	2 eše3 field, 1 gur,
obverse col 2 3	Ninḫursag of Garsida;
obverse col 2 4	1 eše3 field, 1 gur 1 barig,
obverse col 2 5	Nin-sigaredena;
obverse col 2 6	1 eše3 3 iku field, 9 gur,
obverse col 2 7	Ninḫursag, Ur-Mami;
obverse col 2 8	2 eše3 field, 4 gur,
obverse col 2 9	Ninḫursag of Maškan;
obverse col 3 1	1 eše3 3 iku field, 2 gur 4 ban2,
obverse col 3 2	Enušime and
obverse col 3 3	En-mussa,
obverse col 3 4	field of Arali;
obverse col 3 5	1 eše3 3 iku field, 10 gur
obverse col 3 6	Ursasa
obverse col 3 7	the field of Amrima;
obverse col 3 8	2 eše3 field, 6 gur,
obverse col 3 9	Lu-izu,
obverse col 3 10	the field of Sagatur;
obverse col 3 11	1 eše3 field, 4 gur,
obverse col 3 12	Gugudu ...
obverse col 4 1	the field of Ga-išub
obverse col 4 2	2 iku field, 3 gur,
obverse col 4 3	Lugal-gigire
obverse col 4 4	field Si;
obverse col 4 5	1 eše3 field, 10 gur,
obverse col 4 6	Ur-mes;
obverse col 4 7	1 eše3 field, 10 gur,
obverse col 4 8	Adudu,
obverse col 4 9	the equid field;
obverse col 4 10	they are soldiers;
reverse col 1 2'	they are forresters;
reverse col 1 3'	3 iku field, 2 gur,
reverse col 1 4'	Lukalla;
reverse col 1 5'	3 iku field, 2 gur,
reverse col 1 6'	Lu-Šara;
reverse col 1 7'	3 iku field, 2 gur,
reverse col 1 8'	Ur-Suen,
reverse col 1 9'	the tiller, Ur-sasa,
reverse col 1 10'	field of Amrima;
reverse col 1 11'	3 iku field, 2 gur,
reverse col 1 12'	Lugal-urani;
reverse col 2 2'	1 eše3 3 iku field, 3 gur,
reverse col 2 3'	1 eše3 3 iku field, fallow,
reverse col 2 4'	the small field of Anka;
reverse col 2 5'	1 eše3 3 iku field, 4 gur 2 barig 3 ban2,
reverse col 2 6'	field of Šulpa’e,
reverse col 2 7'	the tiller, Lugal-nesage
reverse col 2 8'	Ur-Gilgameš,
reverse col 2 9'	Gigire,
reverse col 2 10'	Magurre,
reverse col 2 11'	Lugal-Magure,
reverse col 2 12'	Ur-šakidu,
reverse col 3 2'	tillers, ration fields, Šu-Ḫalaya;
reverse col 3 4'	total: 5 bur3 2 eše3 5 iku field;
reverse col 3 5'	total, its grain: 112 gur 4 ban2;
reverse col 3 6'	ration fields, irrigated;
reverse col 3 7'	total: 5 bur3 1 eše3 3 1/2 iku field;
reverse col 3 8'	total, its grain: 51 gur 4 barig 2 ban2;
reverse col 3 9'	tillers, ration fields, Šu-Ḫalaya;
reverse col 3 10'	... 3 iku fallow field;
reverse col 4 6'	year: “...-Suen, king ... ”.

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	[...]
2	[...] x
3	[...] x
4	[...] x
5	[...]
6	[...]
7	[...]
8	[...]
obverse col 2
1	{d#}lamma-x
2	2(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) gur
3	{d}nin-hur-sag gar-si4-da{ki}
4	1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig) gur
5	{d}nin-si-gar-eden-na
6	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(u) la2 1(asz) gur
7	{d}nin-hur-sag ur-{d}ma-mi
8	2(esze3) GAN2 4(asz) gur
9	{d}nin-hur-sag masz-kan2{ki}
10	x x x [...]
obverse col 3
1	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 2(asz) 4(ban2) gur
2	en-u2-szim-e u3
3	en-mu10-us2-sa2
4	a-sza3 a-ra-li
5	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(u) gur
6	ur-sa6-sa6
7	a-sza3 am-ri2-ma
8	2(esze3) GAN2 6(asz) gur
9	lu2-i3-zu
10	a-sza3 saga-tur
11	1(esze3) GAN2 4(asz) gur
12	gu#-gu#?-du# [...]
obverse col 4
1	a-sza3 ga2-{gesz}i3-szub#?
2	2(iku) GAN2 3(asz) gur
3	lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
4	a-sza3 si
5	1(esze3) GAN2 1(u) gur
6	ur-mes
7	1(esze3) GAN2 1(u) gur
8	a-du-du
9	a-sza3 ansze
10	aga3-us2-me
reverse col 1
1'	[...]
2'	lu2 tir-ra-me
3'	3(iku) GAN2 2(asz) gur
4'	lu2-kal-la
5'	3(iku) GAN2 2(asz) gur
6'	lu2-{d}szara2
7'	3(iku) GAN2 2(asz) gur
8'	ur-{d}suen
9'	apin-la2 ur-sa6-sa6
10'	a-sza3 am-ri-ma
11'	3(iku) GAN2 2(asz) gur
12'	lugal-ur2-ra-ni
reverse col 2
1'	[...]
2'	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 3(asz) gur
3'	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 su3
4'	a-sza3 tur an-ka
5'	1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
6'	a-sza3 {d}szul-pa-e3
7'	apin-la2 lugal-nesag-e
8'	($ blank space $) ur-{d}gilgamesx(\|BIL3.GA.MES\|)
9'	($ blank space $) {gesz}gigir2-re
10'	($ blank space $) ma2-gur8-re
11'	($ blank space $) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
12'	($ blank space $) ur4-sza3-ki-du10
reverse col 3
1'	[...]
2'	apin-la2 szuku szu#-ha#-la#-a
3'	[...]
4'	szunigin 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) GAN2
5'	szunigin sze-bi 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) 4(ban2) gur
6'	szuku ki-a
7'	szunigin 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku)? GAN2
8'	szunigin sze-bi 5(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur
9'	[apin-la2] szuku# szu-ha-la-a
10'	[n] n 3(iku) GAN2 su3
11'	[x]-ur4?
reverse col 4
1'	[...] x
2'	[...] x
3'	[...] x
4'	[...] x
5'	[...] x
6'	[mu ...]-{d}suen# [lugal ...]

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