AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 259

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249164

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A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.

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P249200 · ~2270 BCE

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 245, Bod S 295

“2 barig of Akkadian bappir (beer-bread) 2 barig of groats 2 barig of malt 2 barig of flour 2 ban of fine flour…”

P249163 · ~2028 BCE

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 258

P249165 · ~2026 BCE

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 260

P249166 · ~2035 BCE

AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 261

Transliteration

5(gesz2)# 8(disz)# udu niga saga 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-ta
1(disz) sila3 9(disz) gin2 duh saga-ta
sze-bi 1(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3
duh# saga-bi 1(barig) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2
u4 1(disz)-kam u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
sze-bi 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 1/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 gur
5(disz)# 2(disz) udu niga saga# 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-ta
[x sila3] 3(disz) [n] gin2# duh# [saga-ta]
[...] x x
[szunigin n] 4(ban2) 8(disz)# sila3 sze gur
[szunigin n] 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 8(disz) gin2 duh saga gur
sza3#-gal udu niga saga
giri3 ur-ma-mi
iti dal
mu si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 238, Bod S 259. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249164) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249164..

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