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Publication
Primary publication: NATN 747
Author: Owen, David I.
Publication date: 1982
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CDLI no.: P121444
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001vqfz7
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20011220 ur3_catalogue
Transliteration: cdlistaff
Translation: no translation
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Collection Information
Owner: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 0620
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Text Content:
Genre: Administrative
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Sub-genre remarks: Account of land; measures; 7x8 lines
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Measurements (mm): ? x ? x ?
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Surface preservation:
Condition description: fragment; loe end
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Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology:
Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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Date of Origin: --.--.00.00
Dates referenced: --.--.00.00
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Tablet

obverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [sahar-bi] 4(disz)# sar 1(u) x [...]
2'. 3(u) 7(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 1(disz) <<1/2(disz)?>> kusz3 sukud 1/2(disz) sar 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
3'. sahar-bi 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sar u2-bi 4(disz) <1/2(disz)?> sar 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
# calculation: 37 x 1/2 x 1! = 18.5 (?); (18 1/2 + 4 6/8 = 37.5/60 x 37 ?)
4'. 1(gesz2) ninda gid2 5(disz) kusz3 dagal 1(disz) kusz3 sukud 1/2(disz) sar-ta

reverse
1. sahar-bi 2(u) 5(disz) sar u2-bi 5(disz) sar
# calculation: 60 x 5/12 x 1 = 25; (and 25 + 5 = 1/2 x 60)
2. 1(u) 5(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 2(disz) kusz3 sukud 2/3(disz)-ta
3. sahar-bi 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar u2-bi 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar
# calculation: 15 x 6/12 x 2 = 15; (and 7.5 + 2.5 = 2/3 x 15)
4. [n] ninda# gid2 5(disz) kusz3 dagal 1/3(disz) 5(disz) gin2
5. [sahar-bi n] 4(disz)# kusz3# [...]
$ rest broken