AuOr 09, 150 6

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P212607 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 027

“3 gur of barley, received — Egi, son of Ama-NU+NU. 1 gur 1 barig — Amar-giri, builder. 1 gur of prime barl…”

P212608 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 029

“Lugal-nigzu — Ur-nibeda — from the field a peg was pulled out; a donkey was released there; milk was declared …”

P212609 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 030

“25 aktum-garments 20 minus 3 NI-garments [= 17] 8 nig2-bar-ba [items] 3 nig2-la2 gaba [chest-pieces] New table…”

P212615 · ~2400 BCE

BIN 08, 038

“15 gur of barley — purchase price for 1 house of 1 sar — it is. Nin-pada, wife of Lugal-ša, who drew [it] from…”

Transliteration

3(bur3@c) 3(iku@c) bur GAN2 3(asz) sar
mu-mu
3(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) 4(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) GAN2
su4-ma-dingir
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) x-i3-li2
[n] 1(bur3@c)# bur# GAN2
[...]-x
[...]-ka#-ni#
[...]-i3-li2
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) GAN2
lu2-erin2
1(bur3@c) 4(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) dingir-kal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — AuOr 09, 150 6. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P212575) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212575..

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