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PPAC 5, 0062 (P315673)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315673 |
| Museum no. | BM 012954 |
| 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(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) sze gur lugal | 63 gur of barley, royal (measure), |
| 2 | a-sza3 {d}nin-tu! | field of Nintu |
| 3 | ugula ur-sag-ub3[{ki}] | foreman: Ur-sag-ub |
| 4 | 3(asz) 4(barig) zi3 gur | 3 gur 4 barig flour, |
| 5 | i3-dub a-sza3 inim-ma-dingir | the depot of the field Inima-dingir, |
| 6 | ugula ma-an-szum2 | foreman: Manšum |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) 3(asz) sze gur | 63 gur of barley, |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) gur zi3 | 93 gur flour, |
| 9 | a-sza3 gi-dah-ha | field Gidahha, |
| 10 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) [...] gur | 102 gur 3 barig |
| 11 | 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur | 11 gur 2 barig emmer |
| 12 | i3-dub ur-<nig2> ku3-dim2 | the depot of Ur-nig, the silversmith |
| 13 | ugula sanga {d}nin-szubur | foreman: temple administrator of Ninšubur |
| 14 | 4(gesz2) 2(u) gur | 240 gur |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i3-dub a-sza3 SIG7?-tur?-ra#? | the depot of the field SIGturra |
| 2 | lugal-iri-da | Lugal-irida |
| 3 | 3(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur | 3 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 |
| 4 | pa4 du-du-du | ditches |
| 5 | giri3 u18-di | via Udi; |
| 6 | 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 5(disz) sila3 gur | 98 gur 5 sila3 |
| 7 | a-sza3 {d}nin-a2-gal | field of Ninagal |
| 8 | 6(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 2(ban2) gur | 313 gur 2 ban2 |
| 9 | a-sza3 igi {gesz}kiri6 | field before orchard |
| 10 | 1(gesz2) a-sza3 im-bi-a-ba giri3 nimgir-nig2-an-ne-[...] | 60 (shekels of) imbi-aba field via Nimgir-nig-ane- |
| 11 | 3(u) 2(asz) i3-dub sza3 gir2-su{ki} ur-sag-ub3{ki} | 32 idub workers in Girsu and Ursag-Ub |
| 12 | 2(u) 6(asz) i3-dub a-sza3 tul2 i7? ur-sa6-ga | 26 idub workers in the field of the canal of Ur-saga |
| 13 | szunigin 3(u) [n gur] | total: 30+n gur |
| 14 | sze [...] | barley |
Sources & licences
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