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StLouis 163 (P274569)

Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	StLouis 163
ID	P274569
Museum no.	Souvay 17
Collection	Special Collections and Archives, John T. Richardson Library, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Coordinates	31.5591, 46.1776

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	[2(disz) sila3] kasz# 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread
2	[2(disz)] gin2# i3	2 shekels oil
3	[...]-zi	...-zi
4	[2(disz) sila3] kasz# 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread
5	[2(disz)] gin2# i3	2 shekels oil
6	[...]-la a-sza3 nigin2-nigin2-de3 gen-na	... going around in the fields
7	[2(disz) sila3] kasz# 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread
8	[2(disz)] gin2 i3	2 shekels oil
9	nam#-sza-ri# lu2 kas4	“Powerful one, runner
10	[2(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread
11	2(disz)! gin2 i3	2 shekels oil
12	usz-gi-na \|TUG2.DA\| gen-na	“I am the ušgina-demon, I am the TUG₂.DA-disease’,
13	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
14	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
15	lugal-e2-mah-e	Lugal-emaḫe,
16	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
17	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
18	{d}szul-gi-szesz	Šulgi-šēz,
19	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
20	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
21	a-kal-la szar2-ra-<ab>-du	<I am> the one who multiplies abundance.
reverse
1	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda#	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread
2	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
3	sza-al-mah	Šalmaḫ
4	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
5	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
6	ba-ba lu2 kas4	Baba, the messenger
7	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila₃ beer, 2 liters bread,
8	2(disz) gin2 i3	2 shekels oil,
9	dingir-ba-ni NIM-da gen-na	Ilum-bāni, go with me!
10	1(barig) kasz 1(barig) dabin	[1 barig] beer, 1 barig flour
11	1(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz	1 sheep, 1 sila3 of sesame oil
12	NIM hu-li2-bar kiszib3 sukkal-mah	Ḫulibar, sealed tablet of the chief minister.
13	giri3# dingir-ba-ni	via Dingir-bani
14	2(disz)# sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 sila3 beer, 2 sila3 bread
15	2(disz)# gin2 i3	2 shekels oil
16	[x]-iti-da lu2 kas4	x-th month, the messenger
17	[2(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread
18	2(disz)# gin2 i3	2 shekels oil
19	x-PI-NI sukkal	-uṣur, the messenger;
20	[2(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread
21	[2(disz)] gin2 i3	2 shekels oil
22	[x]-x-zi	...zi
23	[2(disz)] sila3# kasz# 2(disz)# sila3 ninda	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread
24	[2(disz)] gin2 i3	2 shekels oil
25	[x]-sza#-lim	...-šalim

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