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PPAC 5, 0161 (P315862)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315862 |
| Museum no. | BM 013567 |
| 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(disz) sila3 i3-nun du10-ga | 1 sila3 good butter oil, |
| 2 | 1(barig) zi3 gu saga | 1 barig fine flour, |
| 3 | 3(barig) dabin | 3 barig flour, |
| 4 | 6(disz) dug kasz dida 3(ban2) | 6 pots of sweetened beer, 3 ban2 (= 30 sila3) |
| 5 | nibru{ki}-sze3 | to Nippur |
| 6 | ki ba-zi dumu na-silim-sze3 | to the place Bazi, son of Nasilim, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3 {d}[ba-ba6-da]-nir-gal2 ra-gaba | via Baba-danirgal, the courier |
| 2 | zi-ga nin-dingir-ra | booked out of the account of Nin-dingira |
| 3 | iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6 | month: “Festival-of-Baba,’ |
| 4 | mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-a-bi | year after: “Kimaš,’‘year after that— |
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