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PPAC 5, 0045 (P315618)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315618 |
| Museum no. | BM 012581 |
| 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 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila₃ flour, |
| 2 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 3 | szu-{d}suen lu2 kas4 | Šū-Suen, the messenger, |
| 4 | e2 ki-tusz-lu2-sze3 gen-na | I went to the house of residence. |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila₃ flour, |
| 6 | 2(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 2 idgur oil, |
| 7 | il-ma-zu lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-<la> | Your ilma priestess, the one of the weapon |
| 8 | 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 | 5 sila3 beer, 3 sila₃ flour, |
| 9 | 2(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 2 idgur oil, |
| 10 | szu-{d}dumu-zi lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la | Šū-Dumuzi, the man of the great weapon |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) kasz du | [1 ban2 fine beer]; 1 ban2 regular beer; |
| 2 | na-bi2-{d}en-lil2 | Nabi-Enlil, |
| 3 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila₃ flour, |
| 4 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 5 | i-di3-[...] lu2 kas4 | Iddin-..., the messenger |
| 6 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila₃ flour, |
| 7 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 8 | szu-esz18-dar lu2 kas4 | Šuʾiṭšar, the messenger, |
| 9 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila₃ flour, |
| 10 | 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 | 1 idgur oil, |
| 11 | sza-<al>-mah lu2 kas4 | Ša-calmaḫ, the messenger |
| 12 | sa-bu-um{ki}-ta gen-na | from Sabum came, |
| 13 | zi-ga u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam | booked out, 21st day; |
| left | ||
| 1 | iti ezem-{d}li9-si4 | month: “Festival-of-Lisi,’ |
Sources & licences
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- 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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