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Ur III
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Sumerian
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Umma |
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Seal |
SS03 - 00 - 00 |
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Owner |
Museum No. |
Accession No. |
Excavation No. |
Christie's (auction house), London, United Kingdom
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Author of Transliteration
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Transliteration of text | 2000 | Owen, D.I. ( Christie's NYC 2000.12.07 Sale 9540 Lot 675 no. 1 ) | Revision of text | 2001→ | Molina, M. ( BDTNS ) |
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Remarks
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Transliteration provided by D.I. Owen after Christie's Catalogue 2000/12/07, Lots 674-676, pp. 193-195, photos. Arinna 9450. [M. Molina] ------
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1949467 «THIRTEEN CUNEIFORM TABLETS AND A CONE Circa 2111-330 B.C. Including twelve tablets from the Third Dynasty of Ur (2111-2003 B.C.): one from Puzrish-Dagan during the reign of Shulgi (2053 B.C.) recording the offering of ewes and goats; one from Umma during the reign of Amar-Suena (2029 B.C.) recording the purchase of a servant girl; one from Puzrish-Dagan from the reign of Shu-Sin (2035 B.C.) recording the purchase of four lambs from four different sources; one from Umma during the reign of Shu-Sin (2035 B.C.) recording the delivery of flour as remuneration for a journey, with the seal of the scribe; one from Umma during the reign of Amar-Suena (2043 B.C.) recording the disbursement of cut logs for a physician and for a general, with the seal of a governor; another from Umma from the same reign (2040 B.C.) recording the receipt of two sheep carcasses, with a seal of the scribe; another from Umma from the same reign (2041 B.C.) recording the wages for two servant girls in the bread mills pressing sesame oil, with the seal of the scribe; another from Umma from the same reign (2038 B.C.) recording the receipt of bushels of reeds, with the seal of the scribe; one from Umma from the reign of Shu-Sin (2033 B.C.) recording five days worth of barley flour rations, with the seal of the governor; another from Umma from the same reign (2024 B.C.) recording six days worth of barley flour rations, with the seal of the governor; another from Umma from the same reign (2027 B.C.) recording the use of labor for ten days to haul a boat from Umma to Nippur and to bring oil to the palace, with the seal of the scribe; another from Umma from the same reign (2029 B.C.) recording the use of 390 workers for harvesting barley, with the seal of the scribe; together with a foundation cone from a building in Lagash during the governorship of Namhani (2115 B.C.); and a tablet from the Achaemenid Period (550-330 B.C.) preserving eighteen lines concerning a sale 3½ in. (8.9 cm) long for the cone (14)» [WEB] ------
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0.1.0.2. sila3 dabin
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2
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u4 26-kam
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3
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0.1.1 3 sila3 u4 27-kam
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4
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0.1.0. u4 28-kam
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0.0.4. u4-30-la2 1-kam
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r. 1
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0.0.5 3 sila3 u4 30-kam
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0.1.0. dabin Ur-nigarxgar
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3
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0.1.2. ninda-gal
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4
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ki dŠara2-kam-ta
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5
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kišib ensi2-ka
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6
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mu Si-ma-num2ki ba-/hul
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Seal i 1
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dŠu-dSuen
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2
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lugal kala-ga
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3
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lugal Uri5/ki-ma
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4
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lugal an-ub-/da limmu2-ba
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ii 1
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A-a-[kal-la]
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2
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ensi2
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3
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Ummaki
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4
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arad2-zu
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