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Ur building plan Rylands P112404

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* Primary publication: JSS 7, 184

Author(s): Donald, Trevor

Publication date: 1962

Secondary publication(s): Heinrich, Ernst & Seidl, Ursula, MDOG 098 (1967) 032 no. 09

Collection: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum no.: JRL 0930

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Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)

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Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Dates referenced: --.--.00.00

Object type: tablet

Remarks:

Material: clay

Language: Sumerian

Genre: Administrative

Sub-genre: building floor plan

CDLI comments: 20121017 englund: building plan with measurements based on 3 cubit-thick outer walls and central room niche walls, otherwise 2 cubit-thick inner walls

Catalogue source: 20011220 ur3_catalogue

ATF source: Englund, Robert K.

Translation: uncertain

UCLA Library ARK: 21198/zz001q22tp

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CDLI no.: P112404

Transliteration:

&P112404 = JSS 7, 184

atf: lang sux

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1.a1. 1(u)# 9(disz)# kusz3

tr.en: 19 cubits;

kuš₃ = “cubit” (ca. 50cm)

1.a2. 6(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 6 cubits;

1.b1. 9(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 9 cubits;

1.b2. <6(disz) kusz3>

tr.en: 6 cubits;

1.c1. 5(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 5 cubits;

1.c2. 6(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 6 cubits;

2.a1. 5(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 5 cubits;

2.a2. 1(u) kusz3

tr.en: 10 cubits;

2.b1. 1(u) 2(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 12 cubits;

2.b2. 1(u) kusz3

tr.en: 10 cubits;

2.c1. 6(disz)# kusz3

tr.en: 6 cubits;

2.c2. <1(u) kusz3>

tr.en: 10 cubits;

2.d1. 5(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 5 cubits;

2.d2. 1(u) kusz3

tr.en: 10 cubits;

3.a1. 8(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 8 cubits;

3.a2. <6(disz) kusz3>

tr.en: 6 cubits;

3.b1. 1(u) 1(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 11 cubits;

3.b2. <6(disz) kusz3>

tr.en: 6 cubits;

3.c1. 7(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 7 cubits;

3.c2. <6(disz) kusz3>

tr.en: 6 cubits;

3.d1. 5(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 5 cubits;

3.d2. <6(disz) kusz3>

tr.en: 6 cubits;

4.a. kusz3 iz-zi-ta

tr.en: cubits per wall;

4.b. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz)# kusz3#

tr.en: 2 1/2 ninda 2 cubits;

calculation: 3 + 6 + 2 + 10 + 2 + 6 + 3 = 32k = 2n 8k

ninda = 12 kuš₃ (ca. 6m)

disturbed sign before kusz3?

4.c. 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 1(disz) kusz3

tr.en: 3 1/2 ninda 1 cubit;

calculation: 3 + 19 + 2 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 3 // 3 + 5 + 3 + 12 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 3 // 3 + 8 + 2 + 11 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 5 + 3 = 43k = 3n 7k

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