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PPAC 5, 0039 (P315582)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315582 |
| Museum no. | BM 012529 |
| 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 | 1(ban2) dabin lugal | 1 ban2 of royal dabin-flour, |
| 2 | lu2-giri17-zal sukkal | Lu-girizal, the messenger |
| 3 | 1(ban2)? dabin ur-{d}suen | 1 ban2 of dabin-flour for Ur-Suen, |
| 4 | ki lu2 sipa-sze3 | to the place of the shepherd |
| 5 | 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda | 4 liters of beer, 4 litres of bread, |
| 6 | [8(disz)] gin2 i3-gesz | 8 shekels sesame oil |
| 7 | sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam | regular offerings, 2nd day; |
| 8 | 1(disz) dug kasz dida | 1 pot: beer, dida; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ba-na-ti | of Banati, |
| 2 | lu2 kasz | beer-bearer |
| 3 | 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda | 4 liters of beer, 4 litres of bread, |
| 4 | 8(disz) gin2 i3-gesz | 8 shekels of sesame oil |
| 5 | sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam | regular offerings, 2nd day; |
| 6 | szu-ku8-bu3-um | a kind of fish |
| 7 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
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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