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PPAC 5, 0006 (P315489)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315489 |
| Museum no. | BM 012407 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] ki [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | lu2-nigin6{ki} i3-dab5 | Lu-Nigin accepted; |
| 3' | ugula lugal-inim-gi-na | foreman: Lugal-inim-gina; |
| 4' | 2(asz) lugal-mudra5-da | 2: Lugal-mudrada; |
| 5' | 2(asz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur engar | 2, Lu-Ninšubur, the plowman; |
| 6' | 1(asz) e2-iti-da-GAN2 dumu gu4-gur! | 1 E-itida-GAN2, son of oxen-gur |
| 7' | lu2-{d}nin-szubur i3-dab5 | Lu-Ninšubur accepted |
| 8' | ugula a-kal-la nu-banda3-gu4 | foreman: Akalla, oxen manager; |
| 9' | 2(asz) en-sza3-ku3-ge [engar] | 2: Enšakuge, the plowman |
| 10' | 1(asz) ba-ta-sa6-ge dumu-[ni] | Batasage, his son |
| 11' | en-sza3-ku3-ge i3-dab5 | Enšakuge accepted; |
| 12' | 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-inim-gi-na engar | 1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2: Lugal-inimgina, the plowman; |
| 13' | 4(barig) ARAD2-[...] | 4 barig, ARAD- |
| 14' | lugal-inim-gi-na [i3-dab5] | Lugal-inim-gina accepted |
| 15' | 4(barig) e2-zi-da [engar] | 4 barig E-zida, the plowman |
| 16' | 3(barig) szu-{d}nin-[...] | 3 barig Šu-Nin- |
| 17' | ki [...]-ta | from ... |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1' | [a-sza3] {d}nin-gir2-su a2 zi-da {d}nansze | field of Ningirsu, right arm of Nanše |
| 2' | [szunigin n] engar 5(asz) gur-ta | total: n plowmen, 5 gur each |
| 3' | [szunigin n] engar 2(asz) gur-ta | total: n plowmen, 2 gur each |
| 4' | [szunigin 1(disz)] engar 1(asz) 4(barig) | total: 1 farmer, 1 (gur) 4 barig |
| 5' | [1(disz)] engar 4(barig) | 1 plowman: 4 barig |
| 6' | [szunigin n] engar 3(barig)-ta | total: n plowmen, 3 barig each |
| 7' | [szunigin n] 3(disz) engar 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta | total: n+3 plowmen, 2 barig 3 ban2 (= 20 sila3) each |
| 8' | [szunigin] 1(disz) engar 1(barig) 3(ban2) | total: 1 plowman, 1 barig 3 ban2 |
| 9' | [...]-me | ... are |
| 10' | [szunigin n] 2(disz) gurusz 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta | total: n+2 male workers, 2 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each |
| 11' | szunigin 2(disz) gurusz 1(asz)-ta | total: 2 male laborers, 1 (gur) each |
| 12' | szunigin 2(disz) gurusz 4(barig)-ta | total: 2 male laborers, 4 barig (= 40 sila3) each |
| 13' | szunigin 1(disz) gurusz 3(barig) | total: 1 male worker (receiving) 3 barig |
| 14' | szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz 1(barig) 3(ban2)-ta | total: 18 male laborers, 1 barig 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) each |
| 15' | szunigin 3(disz) gurusz 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz)-ta | total: 3 male laborers, 1 barig 1 ban2 5 each |
| 16' | szunigin 1(disz) gurusz 3(ban2) | total: 1 male worker (receiving) 3 ban2 |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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