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Publication
Primary publication: CDLB 2012/003
Author: Notizia, Palmiro & Ludovico, Alessandro di
Publication date: 2012
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CDLI no.: P405912
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz0021f9m0
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue: 20100604 cdliadmin_hsmcat
Transliteration: Notizia, Palmiro
Translation: Notizia, Palmiro
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Collection Information
Owner: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum no.: SM 1899.02.135
Accession no.: 01513 (SM catalogue: 0466)
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Text Content:
Genre: Letter
Sub-genre: letter order
Sub-genre remarks: SM catalogue: letter
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Language: Sumerian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Measurements (mm): 50 x 40 x 18
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Condition description: complete; horizonal crack on lower obv.
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Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology:
Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. ba-zi
#tr.en: To Bazi
2. u3-na-a-du11
#tr.en: say:
3. 4(iku) GAN2 mur7 ti-ra-asz2
#tr.en: 4 iku field, to the rear: Tira’aš,
4. gaba a-sza3 ulu3-di gesz-gu2
#tr.en: to the breast: the field of Uludi ...,
5. a-kal-la szuku-ra-ni-im
#tr.en: of Ayakala it is his subsistence field,

reverse
1. im-ma ha-bi2-ib2-gi-ne2
#tr.en: may he (Bazi) confirm it on a tablet.
$ blank space
# seal impression

seal 1
1. ur-[...]
#tr.en: Ur-...,
2. dub-[sar]
#tr.en: the scribe,
3. dumu ur-x-[...]
#tr.en: son of Ur-...