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PPAC 5, 0237 (P316048)

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

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Designation	PPAC 5, 0237
ID	P316048
Museum no.	BM 014625
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
1	($ blank space $) sze gur lugal	barley, royal gur,
2	($ blank space $) gin2 ku3 masz e2	shekels of silver (for) the goat of the house
3	e2 {d}nin-gir2-su	the temple of Ningirsu
4	1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur	91 gur 5 ban2 5 sila3
5	1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 1(u) 2(disz) sze ku3	1 1/3 mana 5 shekels 12 grains silver,
6	gu2 i7 nigin6{ki}-sze3-du	bank of the Nigin-šedu canal,
7	8(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur	177 gur 1 barig 4 ban2
8	1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 9(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 5(disz) sze	1 1/3 mana 9 1/3 shekels 15 grains
9	e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}	the temple of Ninmar
10	9(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 5(disz) sila3 gur	914 gur 5 sila3
11	1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 5(disz) sze	1 mina 17 1/6 shekels 5 grains
12	e2 {d}szul-gi	the temple of Šulgi
reverse
1	2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) gur 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sze	185 gur 4 barig 18 1/6 shekels 7 1/2 grains
2	e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da	the temple of Ningešzida
3	2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur	121 gur 1 barig
4	1/3(\|NINDA2x(SZE.1(ASZ))\|)-sza 2(disz) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2	1/3 akalu 2 1/4 shekels
5	1(disz) gin2 ku3-ga munu4-mu2	1 shekel of silver for Munumu,
6	2(u) 2(disz) sar szum2{sar}	22 sar onions,
7	e2 nam-ha-ni	his Namhani temple
8	2(asz) gur	2 gur
9	($ blank space $) gin2	shekels
10	ur-{d}lamma	Ur-Lamma,
11	2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur	184 gur 4 barig 5 ban2
12	1/3(disz) sza 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 la2 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sze	1/3 of 1 1/2 shekels less 4 1/2 grains,
13	nig2-u2-rum u3 da-da	nigŋurum and Dada
14	($ blank space $) gur	gur
15	a-sza3 sipa-de3	to the field of the shepherd
16	giri3 ur-sa6-ga-mu	via Ur-sagamu;

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