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Collection #: |
UM 11 |
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Publ. #: |
SET
287 |
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Acquired from: |
Probably purchased from E. J. Banks, 1913 |
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Measurements (HxWxTh): |
38 x 44 x 17 mm |
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Condition: |
Intact; unbaked? The arabic numeral 20 is
written in pen on the reverse. |
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Description: |
Receipt for wood and reeds |
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Period: |
Ur III, ca. 21st cen. BCE |
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Provenience: |
Umma |
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Date: |
Šulgi,
year 33, mo. 8 |
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Transliteration:
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obv. 1. |
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2. |
1 sa gi |
3. |
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4. |
Ku-ga-ni |
5. |
šu-ba-ti |
lo.e. |
(blank) |
rev. 6. |
iti é-iti-6 |
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(blank space of 4 lines) |
7. |
mu ús-sa a-rá |
8. |
3.kam Si-mu-ru-um |
u.e. 9. |
ki
<ba-  ul> |
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Translation:
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1-5. |
213? fig-tree (logs?), |
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one bundle of reeds, |
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from Umani |
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Kugani received. |
6. |
Month é - i t i - 6, |
7-9. |
year after the year |
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Simurrum <was destroyed> |
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for the 3rd time. |
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For a better view of the seal impression, click here.
String marks traverse the center and left margin of the tablet's obverse and reverse, without continuing over its upper and lower edges for the most part. A seal was impressed in the uninscribed space on the reverse, occupying – to the extent that it is discernible – primarily the left half of the space, to the left of the string mark. The text was inscribed faintly and somewhat sloppily, and the seal impression is even more exiguous.
