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PPAC 5, 0167 (P315904)

Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0167
ID	P315904
Museum no.	BM 014312
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)

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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 col 1
1'	[...] ga 4(asz) gur-kam	... milk, 4 gur
2'	ma2 ninda szu ti-a	the barge with bread received,
3'	zi-ga	booked out
4'	1(asz) [esir2] e2-duru5 gur	1 gur of bitumen for the eduru-house
obverse col 2
1'	ki lu2-{d}dumu-zi-[ta]	from Lu-Dumuzi
2'	3(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz	3 barig 5 ban2 8 2/3 sila3 oil,
3'	ki ur-ab-ba-ta	from Ur-abba
4'	4(gesz2) 7(asz) gu2 esir2 had2	147 talents of bitumen,
5'	ki a-gi4-ta	from Agi
6'	3(gesz2) 4(u) gu2 esir2	240 talents of bitumen
7'	ki ur-gu2-en-na-ta	from Ur-guena
8'	3(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) gu2 <esir2 had2>	177 talents of bitumen
9'	ki sza3-bi-ta	from its inside
10'	5(u) 4(asz) gu2 esir2 had2	54 talents of bitumen,
11'	ki lu2-ki-nu-nir{ki}-ta	from Lu-kinunir,
12'	4(gesz2) 4(asz) gu2 esir2 had2	184 talents of bitumen,
13'	ki ur-e2-gal-ta	from Ur-egal
14'	ki dam-gar3-<ne>-ta	from the merchants
15'	kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim dumu sanga	under seal of Ur-Igalim, son of the temple administrator;
16'	szunigin 3(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 9(asz) gu2 2(u) ma-na esir2 had2	total: 319 talents 20 minas of bitumen
17'	[szunigin ...] gu2 esir2 a-ba-[al]	total: ..., ... of the sand dunes
reverse col 1
1'	szunigin [...]	total:
2'	sza3-bi-[ta]	from there
3'	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) [...]	900 ...
4'	1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) esir2 [... gur]	11 gur 3 barig ... bitumen
5'	2(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) [sila3 ...]	2 barig 5 ban2 8 2/3 sila3
6'	giri3 ur-{d}ig-alim	via Ur-Igalim;
7'	1(asz) 3(barig) esir2 e2-duru5 giri3 usz-sa6-ga	1 (gur) 3 barig, bitumen for the village, via Ušsaga
8'	szu ti-a ma2-gur8 lugal	received by the royal barge,
9'	8(asz) gur-kam	8 gur,
10'	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) gu2 esir2 had2	1080 talents of bitumen,
11'	5(asz) gu2 esir2 a-ba-al hur-sag	5 talents of bitumen for the abal-tree of the mountain range
12'	9(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) esir2 e2-duru5 gur	9 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 bitumen for the eduru-house,
13'	3(barig) i3 ku6	3 barig fish oil
14'	szu ti-a ma2 a e3-a 8(asz) gur-kam	received by the boat that left the water, 8 gur,
15'	8(gesz2) 1(u) gu2 esir2 had2	720 talents of bitumen,
16'	2(gesz2) gu2 esir2 hur-sag	120 talents, bitumen of the mountain range
17'	5(asz) 3(ban2) esir2 e2-duru5 gur	5 gur 3 ban2 bitumen for the eduru-house,
18'	[...] du	... going
reverse col 2
1'	nig2-ka9-ak	accounts

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