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PPAC 5, 0121 (P315743)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315743 |
| Museum no. | BM 013361 |
| 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) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 | 60 rams, 1 1/2 sila3 |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 3(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta | 63 sheep, 1 sila3 (= 100 sila3) each |
| 3 | sze-bi 3(barig) 8(disz) sila3 | its barley: 3 barig 8 sila3; |
| 4 | nig2-kal-la | a valuable thing |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 | 60 rams, 1 1/2 sila3 |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 62 sheep, 1 sila3 |
| 7 | sze-bi 3(barig) lu2-kal-la | its barley: 3 barig, Lukalla; |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 | 60 rams, 1 1/2 sila3 |
| 9 | 1(gesz2) 7(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 67 sheep, 1 sila3 |
| 10 | sze-bi 3(barig) 7(disz) sila3 | its barley: 3 barig 7 sila3; |
| 11 | an-ne2 | An |
| 12 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 | 60 rams, 1 1/2 sila3 |
| 13 | 1(gesz2) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 62 sheep, 1 sila3 |
| 14 | sze-bi 3(barig) lu2-{d}nin-szubur | its barley: 3 barig; Lu-Ninšubur; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 96 sheep, 1 sila3 |
| 2 | sze-bi 1(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 | its barley: 1 barig 3 ban2 6 sila3; |
| 3 | a2-na-mu | Anamu |
| 4 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 | 104 sheep, 1 sila3 |
| 5 | sze-bi 1(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 | its barley: 1 barig 4 ban2 4 sila3; |
| 6 | 1(u) gu4 8(disz) sila3 | 10 bulls, 8 sila3 |
| 7 | 7(disz) gu4 6(disz) sila3 | 7 oxen, 6 sila3 |
| 8 | 5(disz) szeg9-bar 1(disz) sila3 | 5 barley-fed rams, 1 sila3 |
| 9 | sze-bi 2(barig) 9(disz)! sila3 | its barley: 2 barig 9 sila3; |
| 10 | iti munu4-gu7 | month: “Malt-feast,’ |
| 11 | u4 3(u)-kam | 30th day. |
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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