Unread Atlas
BPOA 01, 0003 (P315536)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | BPOA 01, 0003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315536 |
| Museum no. | BM 012462 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 4(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda lugal | 4 ban2 beer, 3 ban2 royal bread, |
| 2 | 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz | 1/2 sila3 of sesame oil |
| 3 | elam szi-ma-asz-gi5-ke4 szu ba-ti | Elam, Šimašgi received. |
| 4 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 5 | 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 6 | lu2?-u2-szim!-ma lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la | “A man, a man with a weapon |
| 7 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 2 | szu-e-li lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la | Šu’eli, the man of the “great weapon"(?) |
| 3 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 4 | 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 5 | ga-kas4 lu2 kas4 | “I want to run, I want to go to the man! |
| 6 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda | 5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread, |
| 7 | 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 8 | ur-{d}lamma sukkal | Ur-Lamma, the messenger; |
| 9 | an-sza-an{ki}-ta u3 nibru{ki}-ta gen-na | came from Anšan and Nippur. |
| left | ||
| 1 | iti sze-il2-la | month: “Barley carried,’ |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.