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PPAC 5, 0238 (P316049)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | PPAC 5, 0238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P316049 |
| Museum no. | BM 014627 |
| 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 | 2(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) {na4}[kin2] szu se3-ga | 197 šu-stones |
| 2 | {na4}kin2 gibil | new stone |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga szu-gi4 szu bala-a-ak | 104 (pieces of) baked bricks, hand segregated, hand repaid |
| 4 | 3(disz) {na4}kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga szu-gi4 | 3 (pieces of) zibu-stone, hand shaved and returned, |
| 5 | 3(u) 6(disz) {na4}kin2 szu-sze3 szu-gi4-sze3 | 36 (pieces of) carnelian for hand-washing, |
| 6 | e2 kiszib3-ba a2 ku4-ku4 e3-e3-da | house, under seal, when it enters, coming out, |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga szu-gi4 szu-gid2 | 100 slabs of šu-seĝa-stone, re-measured, (and) fingernail. |
| 8 | 2(u) 1(disz) {na4}kin2 szu-sze3 szu-gi4 szu-gid2 | 21 šugid stones to the hand, |
| 9 | e2 kiszib3-ba usz-gid2-da | house under seal of Ušgida; |
| 10 | sza3 e2 kikken2 gibil | in the new millhouse, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 5(u) 2(disz) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga szu-gi4 szu bala-a-ak | 52 (pieces of) “silver’, re-measured and checked, |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 2(disz) {na4}kin2 szu-sze3 szu-gi4 szu bala-a-ak | 62 slabs of šugi stone for hand-lifting, |
| 3 | e2 kiszib3-ba e2 muhaldim | house under seal, house of the cook; |
| 4 | sza3 e2 kikken2 gu-la | in the house of the great mill |
| 5 | e2 szu-szum2-ma {na4}kin2 | the Šū-shuma temple, a stone oven |
| 6 | giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su szabra e2 | via Lu-Ningirsu, the household administrator; |
| 7 | u3 lu2-sa6-ga dub-sar | and Lu-saga, the scribe, |
| 8 | iti GAN2-masz | month: “GANmaš,’ |
| 9 | mu en-nun-gal-an-na-[{d}amar]-{d}nanna-ra-ki-ag2 [...] | year: “Ennungalana-[Amar]-Nanna-rakiag |
Sources & licences
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