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P302411: administrative tablet

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) CDLI

Obverse

Sumerian
  • 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz saga
  • 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz du
  • ki ur-(gesz)gigir-ta

  • 1(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz du
  • ki lu2-eridu(ki)-ta

  • 1(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz du
  • ki na-ga-lu5-ta

  • 1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz saga
  • ki lu2-bala-saga-ta

  • 1(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz du
  • ki lu2-(d)nin-ur4-ra-ta

    AI Translation
  • 5 ban2 7 sila3 fine beer,
  • 5 ban2 7 sila3 regular beer,
  • from Ur-gigir;

  • 1 barig 5 ban2 4 sila3 regular beer,
  • from Lu-Eridu;

  • 1 barig 5 ban2 4 sila3 regular beer,
  • from Nagalu;

  • 1 ban2 3 1/2 sila3 fine beer,
  • from Lu-bala-saga;

  • 1 ban2 7 1/2 sila3 regular beer,
  • from Lu-Ninura;

    Reverse

    Sumerian

    u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam szunigin 1(barig) 1(ban2) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 1(asz) 4(disz) sila3 kasz du kiszib3 ur4-sza3-ta-lu2 iti szu-esz-sza mu hu-hu-nu-ri(ki) ba-hul

    AI Translation

    24th day; total: 1 barig 1 ban2 1/2 sila3 fine beer; total: 1 ash 4 sila3 regular beer, under seal of Ur-sha-talu; month: "shu'esha," year: "Huhnuri was destroyed."

    Seal 1

    Sumerian

    ur4-sza3-ta-[lu] dumu ur-szu-ku3-ga gudu4

    AI Translation

    Ur-shatalu, son of Ur-shukuga, gudu-priest.

    P302901: royal-monumental tablet

    Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) CDLI

    Sumerian

    mu ri-im-(d)a-nu-um lugal-e ma-da e-mu-ut-ba-lum# ugnim# esz3-nun-na i3-si-in(ki) ka-zal-lu e-ne-bi-ta-gin7 unu(ki)-sze3 me3-a in-szi-sug2-esz-am3# gar3#-dar# erin2-na-bi# mi-ni-in-gar-ra nig2-ul-du3-a-ta# unu(ki) sahar-ra la-ba-dub#?-ab#?-ba sahar ba-dub?-ba-a-ba mi#-ni#-in#-szar2#-szar2-re nam-a2-gal2-la-a-ni kalam-ma mi#-ni-in#-ri#-a

    AI Translation

    The year in which Rim-Anum the king, the land of Emutbalum, the army of the Eshnunna temple, Isin, like the kazallu of Uruk, battle he brought about, and the gardar troops he put in place, from the ruins of Uruk the dirt was not removed, the dirt was not removed, his greatness was magnified, the land he conquered,

    Human

    The year in which King Rim-Anum, the forces of the land of Emutbalum, the armies of Eshnunna, Isin and Kazallu, as if all together with him, having presented themselves at Uruk for war, inflicted a defeat upon their troops. Since time immemorial Uruk had never experienced such a dust storm raised by a foreign army, but after the dust storm settled, he slaughtered all of them and by his power ejected them all from the homeland.